Heading into UFC 287 , Alex Pereira was considered Israel Adesanya ’s boogeyman. Afterward, they were hugging and talking about visiting each other just for fun. That’s how the rivalry played out Saturday night at Kaseya Center where Adesanya avenged his three previous defeats to Pereira with an emphatic second-round knockout to reclaim the UFC middleweight championship that Pereira took from him last November . Between kickboxing and MMA, Adesanya (24-2 MMA, 13-2 UFC) and Pereira (7-2 MMA, 4-1 UFC) have faced each other four times. And it’s clear that, regardless of what might be said publicly, the two men share a mutual respect for each other, which was on display in a video capturing their post-fight conversation in the bowels of the arena (via the UFC’s Twitter ): The full post-fight conversation between @Stylebender and @AlexPereiraUFC . Respect.
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