Israel Adesanya decimated Alex Pereria in the primary tournament of UFC 287 on Saturday evening and turned into the brand new middleweight champion.
Adesanya knocked out Pereira, 4 mins and 21 seconds into spherical two in their combat and grabbed the middleweight identify belt for the second one time in his profession.
After his win, Adesanya hailed Pereira as a perfect fighter and highlighted that he had his revenge over his opponent.
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“They say revenge is nice and if you understand me, I’ve were given a candy teeth. This is f****** candy. I’m telling you, it doesn’t matter what, Alex is a smart champion. He misplaced the belt this night however he’ll at all times be the champion,” stated Adesanya.
“I informed you, the hunter is now the hunted. Beating me, he made me a greater fighter, a greater individual. In this camp, I did not f*** round. That ultimate one had the whole thing. Since 2017, that ultimate hammer fist was once from the gods,” he added.
Watch the video of Adesanya’s profitable second right here:
Meanwhile, within the co-main tournament, Gilbert Burns defeated native boy Jorge Masvidal via unanimous determination. Burns gained by way of ratings of 30–27 two times and 29–28. After his heartbreaking loss, Masvidal introduced his retirement from UFC.
In his post-fight interview, Masvidal stated “I love everybody here, thank you everybody for watching. This is where I started my career, it’s been a long 20 years. Fifty something fights, sometimes your favorite basketball player doesn’t have that three-pointer or your favorite quarterback loses that rifle.”
“I don’t feel the same when I get in here anymore, it’s been 20 long years and I love all of you. The UFC came here 20 years ago and it inspired me to chase this dream. Hopefully I inspired somebody in here to go and fight for theirs no matter what it is. I love this sport, I’m a multi-millionaire that didn’t have s*** when I started and now I can say I’m good for life,” added Masvidal. .
In different fits of the primary card, Rob Font knocked out Adrian Yanez within the bantamweight class and grabbed the win in spherical 1 himself. Kevin Holland knocked out Santiago Ponzinibbio within the welterweight class and emerged victorious. Christian Rodriguez demolished Raul Rosas Jr. within the bantamweight class and gained via unanimous determination.