Newly minted undisputed middleweight champion, Israel Adesanya took the time during his post-fight celebration to call back a prior rivalry with the son of opponent, Alex Pereira – mocking and teasing Alessandro Pereira after stopping his father with a brutal second round knockout in the main event of UFC 287.
Adesanya, now a two-time undisputed middleweight champion under the banner of the UFC, managed to lodge his first victory over Brazilian finisher, Pereira in combat sports at the fourth time of trying in Miami, Florida last night.
Rallying himself from a difficult opening round and some definite adversity in the second frame, Adesanya claimed he “roped-a-doped” Pereira at the Octagon fence following a heavy combination of strikes from the Brazilian, before countering and landing a devastating knockout victory of his own.