Israel Adesanya in the early hours of Sunday coldly knocked Alex Pereira out in the main event of UFC 287 to reclaim his UFC Middleweight title.
Adesanya knocked out his opponent in just two rounds at the FTX Arena in Miami, Florida.
This was the fourth fight between the pair, with Pereira beating Adesanya twice in kickboxing before following the Nigerian-New Zealander into mixed martial arts, where he took Adesanya’s UFC title with a TKO in November.
However, tables turned in the early hours of Sunday, as Adesanya from nowhere pulled the knockout blow, sending Pereira crashing to the floor.
Pereira was initially on the offensive, unleashing body hooks and a knee to the ribs, with Adesanya backed against the cage, but the challenger threw a right hook out of the blues and the Brazilian was on a downward spiral afterwards.
The hook froze Pereira, and Adesanya took the champion out cold with a one-two and finished the fight with a hammer fist.
