The four UFC world champions were amazed and shocked to see Israel Adesanya he lost in the fifth round by TKO to Alex Pereira and lost the world middleweight title at UFC 281Sunday (13/11).
Adesanya failed to defend his UFC world middleweight title for the sixth time. The New Zealand fighter with Nigerian blood lost in the fifth round by TKO after combination punches from Pereira left Adesanya helpless.
The defeat shocked many. In fact, four UFC world champions who watched the fight in New York’s Madison Square Garden could only watch Adesanya’s TKO loss.
In the video uploaded by ESPN MMA via Instagram, we can see Welterweight Champion of the World Leon Edwards, Bantamweight Champion of the World Aljamain Sterling, Heavyweight Champion of the World Francis Ngannou, and Interim Flyweight Brandon Moreno staring at the octagon .
A number of star UFC fighters who attended UFC 281 were also surprised to see Adesanya’s defeat, namely Kamaru Usman, Justin Gaethje and Holly Holm.
Adesanya, the favorite against Pereira, surprisingly loses by TKO in the fifth round. Although it is believed that the 33-year-old fighter will win on points in a five-round battle.
Interestingly, this is Adesanya’s third loss to Pereira in his career. Two previous losses to Pereira were experienced by Adesanya while he was still appearing at the Glory of Heroes kickboxing event.
“I feel so lucky. I’ve worked so hard to achieve this. I want to apologize to everyone for some of the posts I’ve made, I’ve had to do some trash talk. I had to get inside Adesanya’s head before the fight,” Pereira said.
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