{"id":539,"date":"2022-11-13T10:53:35","date_gmt":"2022-11-13T09:53:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/?p=539"},"modified":"2022-11-13T13:46:32","modified_gmt":"2022-11-13T12:46:32","slug":"alex-pereira-wins-title-stops-israel-adesanya-with-fifth-round-standing-knockout-ufc-281-highlights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/alex-pereira-wins-title-stops-israel-adesanya-with-fifth-round-standing-knockout-ufc-281-highlights\/","title":{"rendered":"Alex Pereira wins title, stops Israel Adesanya with fifth round standing knockout \u2013 UFC 281 Highlights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In just his fourth fight in the UFC,\u00a0Alex Pereira\u00a0is the new middleweight champion after he vanquished longtime rival\u00a0Israel Adesanya\u00a0with a stunning fifth-round knockout.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"qme\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AndNew?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AndNew<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LM2g2sQRfY\">pic.twitter.com\/LM2g2sQRfY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; danawhite (@danawhite) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/danawhite\/status\/1591673178031783937?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 13, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p id=\"faWMnD\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Just when it looked like Pereira was staring down a loss, he decided to leave everything in the cage and he came after Adesanya with everything left in his arsenal. A left hook staggered Adesanya and that spelled the beginning of the end as Pereira just unloaded a barrage of punches in succession.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">He watched from afar. And when the time was right, he struck. \ud83c\udff9<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfc6\ud83c\udde7\ud83c\uddf7 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlexPereiraUFC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AlexPereiraUFC<\/a> inexplicably goes 3-0 against Adesanya to become <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ANDNEW?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ANDNEW<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UFC281?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UFC281<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rbCYoqqMAU\">pic.twitter.com\/rbCYoqqMAU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; UFC Europe (@UFCEurope) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UFCEurope\/status\/1591673144066166784?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 13, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The fight started off evenly with both fighters testing their reach and using leg kicks and feints. &#8216;The Last Stylebender,&#8217; however, closed out the first round in style with a jab and a right hook that stunned the Brazilian, who was saved by the bell. The second round saw Alex Pereira making a comeback as the former two-division Glory Kickboxing champion began landing kicks and punches.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">ALEX PEREIRA KNOCKS OUT ISRAEL ADESANYA! \ud83d\ude31<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udde7\ud83c\uddf7\ud83c\udfc6 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlexPereiraUFC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AlexPereiraUFC<\/a> HAS DONE IT AGAIN. UNBELIEVABLE. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UFC281?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UFC281<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/N8H8eDUgF2\">pic.twitter.com\/N8H8eDUgF2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; UFC Europe (@UFCEurope) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UFCEurope\/status\/1591671985637294081?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 13, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p id=\"qISkCm\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Adesanya fell to the ground for a moment but managed to stagger back to his feet only for Pereira to continue the assault until referee Marc Goddard saw enough to rescue \u201cThe Last Stylebender\u201d before he took further damage. Pereira celebrated his victory with the fight ending at 2:01 in the fifth and final round in the\u00a0UFC 281\u00a0main event.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">ADESANYA DRAWS FIRST BLOOD!<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfc6 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stylebender?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Stylebender<\/a> sends Pereira back to his corner ROCKED! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UFC281?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UFC281<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rkDgwkWYqZ\">pic.twitter.com\/rkDgwkWYqZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; UFC Europe (@UFCEurope) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UFCEurope\/status\/1591666525513318400?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 13, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p id=\"BL9SrB\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cI feel so blessed,\u201d Pereira said about his victory. \u201cI worked so hard for this. Sorry to everybody that I had to post some stuff, I had to do a little bit of trash talk this time. But I had to get in his head to get this fight.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">In just his EIGHTH ever MMA fight, Alex Pereira has TAKEN the middleweight crown!<\/p>\n<p>The \ud83c\udde7\ud83c\uddf7\ud83c\udfc6 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlexPereiraUFC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AlexPereiraUFC<\/a> nightmare continues for Israel Adesanya. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UFC281?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UFC281<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zzEgKnSOXf\">pic.twitter.com\/zzEgKnSOXf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; UFC Europe (@UFCEurope) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UFCEurope\/status\/1591675530742489088?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 13, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p id=\"VCO2Ct\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">It was truly a battle of elite strikers with Adesanya and Pereira both displaying high-level technique throughout the fight. The first big shot of the night actually came from a well-timed right hand from Adesanya that caught Pereira off guard.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In just his fourth fight in the UFC,\u00a0Alex Pereira\u00a0is the new middleweight champion after he vanquished longtime rival\u00a0Israel Adesanya\u00a0with a stunning fifth-round knockout. #AndNew pic.twitter.com\/LM2g2sQRfY &mdash; danawhite (@danawhite) November 13, 2022 Just when it looked like Pereira was staring down a loss, he decided to leave everything in the cage and he came after Adesanya [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":540,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-539","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ufc-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/539"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=539"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/539\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":543,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/539\/revisions\/543"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}