When former middleweight champion Robert Whittaker watched Israel Adesanya knockout Alex Pereira in the UFC 287 main event, Whittaker was happy for Adesanya. He also had a moment of clarity and a spark of motivation. “Honestly, my reaction to Izzy winning was happiness. I was happy for him to win. I think it was a […]
Middleweight contender Sean Strickland knows what it’s like to fight Alex Pereira. He was knocked out by ‘Poatan’ at UFC 276 last July. Strickland watched Israel Adesanya finish Pereira in the UFC 287 main event and wasn’t left heaping praises on ‘The Last Stylebeander.’ “Alex is very f***ing hittable. No one ever said Alex isn’t […]
Watch the UFC 287 highlights video and recap from Saturday’s UFC 287 main event between Alex Pereira and Israel Adesanya. The bout was an immediate rematch of their UFC 281 showdown from last November, where Pereira took the title from Adesanya and handed him his first loss at middleweight. UFC 287 took place on Saturday, […]
Former two-time middleweight title challenger Chael Sonnen dubbed Israel Adesanya the greatest middleweight of all time after Adesanya’s UFC 287 performance. Adesanya knocked out Alex Pereira in the UFC 287 main event to recapture the 185-pound championship. Pereira had previously beaten Adesanya three times prior. He holds two kickboxing wins over Adesanya including a knockout […]
UFC 287 results begin at 6 p.m. ET on Saturday, April 8, on MMAWeekly.com. The fights take place at the Miami-Dade Arena in Miami, Florida. Click on the fight below in the UFC 287 Live results section for live stats or jump down to the written UFC 287 results. In-fight live stats and results provided […]
Following Friday’s UFC 287 Ceremonial Weigh-In, the athletes competing on Saturday’s fight card faced off with their opponents in Miami. The event takes place at the Miami-Dade Arena and his headlined by a middleweight title rematch between champion Alex Pereira and former titleholder Israel Adesanya. In the co-main event, ‘BMF’ champion Jorge Masvidal takes on No. 5 ranked Gilbert Burns in a […]
Jorge Masvidal hosted arguably the biggest event yet with Gambred Boxing 4 in March. The card was headlined by former UFC champion Anthony Pettis and boxing legend Roy Jones Jr. and was sprinkled with big names like Jose Aldo, Vitor Belfort, and Jeremy Stephens. It was so good of a card that many fans wondered […]
Mike Perry and Luke Rockhold knew what they needed to sell their fight … and that’s drama. On Tuesday the fighters took part in a pre-fight press conference and traded insults throughout. “I’m ready for Mike Perry, I’m different and there’s a reason he never made it to the top,” Rockhold said. “I believe in my […]
There could be heard a collective gasp when Chris Weidman suffered his horrific injury in April 2021. The moment seemed unreal and incredibly painful to the viewers, and Weidman confirmed it was just as painful as it looked. “As soon as I broke my leg and I saw it, I go, ‘Holy crap!’ I saw […]
Former middleweight champion Israel Adesanya is in his final preparations for his UFC 287 rematch with current titleholder Alex Pereira. Having lost to Pereira in mixed martial arts and twice in kickboxing, Adesanya says his mindset is different heading into the MMA rematch. His training camp is also different. For the first time since his […]