Light Heavyweight Champion Alex Pereira's opponent for the main event of UFC 313 at T-Mobile Arena in Paradise, Nevada was ...

Their careers will always be linked with their most recent fight ending in a wild knockout at UFC 287 to give Adesanya his first career win over Pereira. Now competing in different weight classes ...

‘Stylebender’ helped Drake cash a $1million bet by beating Jared Cannonier at UFC 276 in July 2022. Drake went big with a $1,595,467 wager on Israel Adesanya ahead of his fight with Alex ...

A UFC veteran speculates a possibility of Dricus du Plessis (left) taking on Alex Pereira (right ... to former champion Israel Adesanya at UFC 287. 'Poatan' has enjoyed immense success in the ...

Adesanya finally scored a win and regained the title when he went on to knock out Pereira at UFC 287 five months later. Their careers have gone in opposite directions since. Pereira has become the ...

Zuffa LLC) Adesanya was cageside to watch du Plessis dismantle Strickland in Sydney, and fans were surprised to see him sitting alongside his former UFC and kickboxing rival Pereira to enjoy a ...

Apr 8, 2023; Miami, Florida, USA; Alex Pereira (red gloves) fights Israel Adesanya (blue gloves) during UFC 287 at Miami-Dade Arena. / Rich Storry-Imagn Images Having successfully defended the ...

Alex Pereira is gunning for another big year. The UFC light heavyweight champion begins his 2025 campaign at UFC 313 on March 8, when he defends his title against challenger Magomed Ankalaev in ...

Based in Rochester, England, Simon Head is a veteran sports editor who has been covering sport for national and international outlets since 2000, and is one of the longest-tenured MMA journalists ...

Months ago, Alex Pereira was praised by action fighter extraordinaire Dustin Poirier, who was more than impressed with 'Poatan's' emphatic knockout of Jiří Procházka at UFC 303. 'The Diamond ...