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Alex Pereira has Israel Adesanya’s number in kickboxing, and now the Brazilian knockout artist also has his rival’s UFC middleweight championship.
Pereira fought back out from a slow start and rocked Adesanya in the fifth round to score the TKO win and claim the 185lbs championship in the main event of UFC 281 on Saturday night at Madison Square Garden.
