Pereira vs Adesanya II

Who won Pereira vs Adesanya II?

Israel Adesanya beat Alex Pereira by during the main event of UFC 287, on Saturday 8th April 2023 at Miami-Dade Arena in Miami.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Israel Adesanya.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Middleweight division, which meant the weight limit was 185 pounds (13.2 stone or 83.9 KG).

This contest was for the UFC middleweight championship.

Pereira vs Adesanya II stats

Alex Pereira stepped into the octagon with a record of 7 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Israel Adesanya made his way to the cage with a record of 23 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 15 of those wins coming by knock out.

This was Alex Pereira's 8th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in November 2021.

Alex Pereira's UFC record stood at 7-1-0, while Israel Adesanya's came in at 13-3-0.

The stats suggested Pereira had a large advantage in power over Adesanya, boasting a 86% knock out percentage over Adesanya's 65%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested that Pereira and Adesanya would have been pretty equal, both with a 0% submission rate.

Alex Pereira was the older man by 2 years, at 36 years old.

Pereira was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 17 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2015, 3 years and 7 months later than Adesanya, whose first professional fight was in 2012. He had fought 50 less professional rounds, 26 to Adesanya's 76.

Pereira vs Adesanya II form

Israel Adesanya had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Alex Pereira at UFC 281 on 12th November 2022 by knockout in the 5th round in their UFC Middleweight championship fight at Madison Square Garden, New York City, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Jared Cannonier at UFC 276 on 2nd July 2022 by unanimous decision in their UFC Middleweight championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Robert Whittaker at UFC 271 on 12th February 2022 by unanimous decision in their UFC Middleweight championship fight at Toyota Center, Houston.

Before that, he had defeated Marvin Vettori at UFC 263 on 12th June 2021 by unanimous decision in their UFC Middleweight championship fight at Gila River Arena, Glendale.

He had been beaten by Jan Blachowicz at UFC 259 on 6th March 2021 by unanimous decision in their UFC Light Heavyweight championship fight at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Activity check

Pereira's last 2 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 4 months and 29 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 8 months and 14 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 3 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.5 rounds on average.

Adesanya's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 1 month and 12 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 15 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 25 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 5 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Pereira vs Adesanya II?

Alex Pereira was a 26/25 (+100) underdog going into the contest, while Israel Adesanya made his way into the ring at 8/11 (-140) with oddsmakers.