Alex Pereira vowed to "kill" Israel Adesanya before the final round of their middleweight title fight at UFC 281.
'The Last Stylebender' was up on the scorecards heading into the last round of his sixth middleweight title defence against former kickboxing rival Pereira at UFC 281 this past weekend, but was knocked out with just three minutes left. Footage has now shown Pereira psyching himself up before the final round as his corner team insisted he needed to finish the fight to win the title.
Pereira can be seen in his corner before the round starts telling Adesanya "pronto para matar", which translates in English to "ready to kill". The Brazilian went on to hurt Adesanya with a flurry of punches that saw referee Marc Goddard stop the fight, a decision that was protested by Adesanya as he felt he should have been given more time to recover.
