NOV 13, 2022
BY : MANJIT BAURI
Alex Pereira completed a rapid rise at MSG early Sunday morning, defeating Israel Adesanya.
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Pereira knocked out Israel Adesanya in the main event of the UFC middleweight championship.
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Pereira, the only man to ever knock out Adesanya, stopped him again via TKO.
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The Brazilian former kickboxing champion claimed the title a year after making his UFC debut.Â
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"I feel so good. I’ve been training all my life for this," Pereira said via an interpreter.Â
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With the win, Pereira became the new undisputed middleweight champion.
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Pereira previously had defeated Adesanya in the kickboxing realm of MMA.
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He defeated Adesanya once via close decision and the other by third-round KO.
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However, Adesanya had been a dominant UFC champion for three years since 2019.
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"It's another great story for me, but it's not over," Adesanya said. "This is still war."
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