While Pereira's willingness to return to middleweight is a major factor, it's not the only piece of the puzzle. Adesanya is no longer the middleweight champion, having lost the title to Dricus Du ...

Etched in the history books as major rivals, Alex Pereira and Israel Adesanya may be turning over a new leaf. At Saturday's UFC 312 in Sydney, the two fighters were seated next to one another. Not ...

Pereira is set to defend his 205lbs strap in a long-awaited clash with surging Russian contender Magomed Ankalaev on March 8. 'Poatan' has successfully defended his belt thrice, knocking out ...

Israel Adesanya reacts to defeating Alex Pereira during UFC 287 at Miami-Dade Arena. / Rich Storry-Imagn Images In the UFC, the only fighter who could lay claim to doing something similar is ...

Israel Adesanya has found himself an unlikely ally in controversial social media influencer Andrew Tate. In the wake of his TKO loss to Nassourdine Imavov at UFC Saudi Arabia, 'The Last ...

Israel Adesanya had two of his biggest rivalries against Alex Pereira and Robert Whittaker. Surprisingly, ‘Izzy’ is looking forward to making peace with both of them. While the former UFC ...

Israel Adesanya has played down claims that his loss to Nassourdine ... before losing the belt to former kickboxing rival Alex Pereira in 2022. Adesanya avenged that knockout loss – and two ...

After dropping his third-straight fight against Nassourdine Imavov, his fourth loss in his last five fights, Adesanya finally broke down what has ... to defeating Alex Pereira during UFC 287 ...

Perhaps the biggest thrill of Adesanya's storied career was his last victory at UFC 287 when he reclaimed the 185-pound title by finally overcoming the challenge of Alex Pereira. Adesanya knocked ...

Adesanya tipped the fight in his favor with a dominant fifth round. He knocked Gastelum down three times in the final frame, almost finding the finish. Gastelum had never been knocked out by this ...

T he ceremonial weigh-ins for UFC Saudi Arabia are done, former middleweight champion Israel Adesanya had quite an intense ...