Israel Adesanya will take on Alex Pereira in one of the sternest challenges of his career at UFC 281 this weekend.
'The Last Stylebender' will face former two-time kickboxing rival Pereira in Madison Square Garden on Saturday night as he looks to make a sixth consecutive defence of his middleweight crown. Adesanya is yet to lose at 185lb, but will face a formidable test this weekend against the Brazilian who earned his shot after three consecutive victories.
Pereira will be looking to build on his successful start to a UFC career with a remarkable leap to champion, having beaten Adesanya twice in 2016 and 2017 with the latter by KO. The pair have exchanged heated verbal barbs in the build-up to the clash, and will finally get to put their rivalry to bed in a trilogy clash.