Daniel Cormier thinks several factors led to the announcement of Alex Pereira ’s rematch with Israel Adesanya . Pereira dethroned Adesanya to become middleweight champion this past November at UFC 281. Considering Adesanya’s dominant title reign at 185 pounds, running things back with Pereira seemed imminent. But Cormier thinks the announcement timing for the title-fight rematch was surprising. Last week, the promotion announced Pereira (7-1 MMA, 4-0 UFC) and Adesanya (23-2 MMA, 12-2 UFC) would run things back in the UFC 287 headliner on April 8. “Two factors: Why is it happening now?
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