Israel Adesanya won’t let the outcome of his fights with Alex Pereira deter him. Adesanya (23-2 MMA, 12-2 UFC) has lost to Pereira (7-1 MMA, 4-0 UFC) three times in combat sports – twice in kickboxing and once in MMA. After defending the middleweight title five times, Adesanya was dethroned by Pereira at November’s UFC 281 – in a fight he was winning before getting stopped late in Round 5. But Adesanya will get an opportunity to right that wrong. The pair will immediately rematch in Saturday’s UFC 287 headliner at Kaseya Arena in Miami. The main card airs on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPN and early prelims on ESPN+
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