Israel Adesanya mocked Alex Pereira's crying son after knocking out his long-time rival at the fourth time of asking at UFC 287 on Saturday night at.
The dominant middleweight had fought Pereira three times previously; twice in the kickboxing ring and once in the octagon, with the Brazilian winning each of their meetings, twice by knockout. Following their second fight, when his son was very young, Pereira's youngest performed a joking gesture towards Adesanya as he got up from the canvas after being attended to by medics.
And over six years later, the fighter remembered the gesture and refused to let it go in his post-fight celebration. Adesanya pointed out Pereira's son and recreated the gesture, flopping to the ground and playing dead like the Brazilian's son had done following their 2017 bout.
