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Israel Adesanya reveals what he was thinking as Alex Pereira secured TKO at UFC 281

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Israel Adesanya has revealed his thoughts on the stoppage that saw him lose the middleweight title at UFC 281, where he suffered a third defeat by Alex Pereira.

Adesanya was beaten by Pereira twice during the pair’s kickboxing days, the latter of those two losses coming via knockout. And on Saturday (12 November), Pereira replicated his previous success against the “Last Stylebender”, securing a fifth-round TKO to dethrone the middleweight champion.

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