
UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya doesn’t rate Alex Pereira’s MMA career too highly just yet.
That’s because Pereira has competed just seven times as a professional and three times in the octagon. But after Pereira knocked out streaking contender Sean Strickland in the first round at UFC 276, it was enough to earn him a shot at Adesanya’s title in Saturday’s UFC 281 main event at Madison Square Garden in New York.