“Get Pereira in There” – Fans Make an Alex Pereira Request After ‘Atrocious’ 50-45 Israel Adesanya Decision at UFC 276

The UFC returned to T-Mobile Arena for its 10th International Fight week. Being a stacked card, UFC 276 continued to provide us with banger after banger fights. The main event of UFC 276 lived up to all the hype, as Israel Adesanya added another win to his undefeated streak in middleweight after defeating the likes of Jared Cannonier.

Round 1 started off with the two fighters throwing test jabs to feel each other’s range. Adesanya then put pressure on Cannonier with his long jabs and leg kicks. Cannonier tried to answer back, with leg kicks of his own but was unable to establish dominance.

Further, Adesanya continued throwing combinations and jabs in round 2. There was also an accidental eye poke by Adesanya at the end of round 2. Luckily, it wasn’t serious.

Cannonier bounced back in round 3 after landing a few hard shots and clinching Adesanya against the cage. Adesanya opened up round 4 by mixing his strikes to confuse Cannonier. The Killa Gorilla came back at the second half of the round by closing in on Adesanya and pushing him against the cage to clinch.

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Round 5 was evenly matched between the two. Adesanya landed a few good jabs, to which Cannonier responded by clinching against the cage. This was The Last Stylebender’s fifth title defense and 11th win in middleweight. He is now just two wins off equaling Anderson Silva’s record of most wins (13 wins) in middleweight.

MMA fans react to the fight

Fans were quick to react to this fight on Twitter. Most of them thought Adesanya did enough to win, but it wasn’t a competitive fight.

Israel Adesanya vs. Alex Pereira 3?

With both the fighters winning their respective fights tonight, it is very likely that we could see the two of them face off against each other.

Alex Pereira shocked the world as he brutally knocked out #4 contender Sean Strickland with one punch. Pereira landed a beautifully placed leading left hook to secure the victory in the first round. With this big win and the history between these two superstars, a rematch between the two is imminent.

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