For years, Alex Pereira seemed to haunt Israel Adesanya.
It was one thing when Pereira did it in kickboxing. It was another when he followed Adesanya to MMA and finished him with punches to win the UFC middleweight title. The stoppage, which was later disputed by Adesanya, came at 2:01 of Round 5.
The victorious Pereira outing vs. Adesanya in MMA was in November 2022 at UFC 281 at Madison Square Garden in New York.
