Alex Pereira Ends Adesanya’s Unbeaten Streak, Wins Middleweight Title

Oyinlola Awonuga
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Alex Pereira has ended Israel Adesanya’s winning streak in the UFC’s middleweight division at UFC 281 in Madison Square Garden.

In a bout that had captured the imagination of fight fans around the world, Adesanya suffered a fifth-round TKO loss at UFC 281 in Madison Square Garden on Sunday to relinquish the UFC middleweight championship to his Brazilian counterpart.

It was just the second time in Adesanya’s career that he had suffered a knockout loss the other being in a kickboxing bout against Pereira in 2017.

After another strong round for Adesanya in the fourth, Pereira’s corner made it clear their fighter needed to knock his Kiwi counterpart out corner work UFC boss Dana White said was like something out of a movie.

He took the message onboard and came out all guns blazing. It was a right hand that started the final sequence, with Pereira catching Adesanya on the chin and stunning him.

When he noticed he had Adesanya hurt, Pereira unloaded and landed some heavy shots. While Adesanya remained on his feet as was still moving around in an attempt to doge the oncoming barrage, the referee stepped in and waved the bout off.

It was a violent end to a violent card, with 11 of the 14 bouts being finished inside the distance including those of the three other Kiwis on the card.

Pereira is the only person that has defeated Adesanya and he has done it the second time.

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