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Twitter reacts to Alex Pereira’s stunning title-winning TKO of Israel Adesanya at UFC 281

Alex Pereira continued to be the thorn in Israel Adesanya’s combat sports side on Saturday when he claimed the middleweight title from his rival in the UFC 281 headliner.

Pereira (7-1 MMA, 4-0 UFC) completed his quick rise to the top of the weight class when he handed Adesanya (23-2 MMA, 12-2 UFC), who he beat twice in kickboxing, a fifth-round TKO loss to claim gold in the main event at Madison Square Garden in Brazil.

With the victory, Pereira resets the title picture and gives Adesanya his first career defeat at 185 pounds.

Check below for the top Twitter reactions to Pereira’s title win over Adesanya at UFC 281.

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MMA Junkie

Nick Kalikas

UFC

UFC

UFC

Marvin Vettori

Bloody Elbow

Belal Muhammad

Kevin Iole

Andreas Hale

Nolan King

Caposa

Kay Hansen

Mike Perry

Belal Muhammad

Nick Kalikas

Dan Ige

Terrance McKinney

Stephen Thompson

Teddy Atlas

Derek Brunson

Khamzat Chimaev

Teddy Atlas

Tai Tuivasa

Jimi Manuwa

Kevin Iole

Raphael Assuncao

Nick Kalikas

Khamzat Chimaev

Terrance McKinney

Teddy Atlas

Dan Ige

Matt Brown

Kevin Iole

Nolan King

Fight Ghost

Caposa

Ben Askren

Megan Olivi

Michael Chiesa

Eryk Anders

Aaron Bronsteter

Nick Kalikas

Brett Okamoto

Aljamain Sterling

Andre Fili

Matt Brown

Stephen Thompson

ESPN MMA

Kevin Iole

Andreas Hale

Mike Jackson

Belal Muhammad

John Morgan

Nolan King

Nick Kalikas

Ben Askren

UFC

Ant Evans

Yves Edwards

Mike Bohn

Caposa

Belal Muhammad

Stephen Thompson

Edson Barboza

Sarah Kaufman

Mike Perry

UFC

Georgi Karakhanyan

Matt Brown

Ryan Clark

Eduardo Alonso

MMA Junkie

Darren Till

Yoel Romero

Michael Chiesa

Jon Anik

Henry Cejudo

Paulo Costa

Khamzat Chimaev

UFC

MMA Junkie

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