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UFC commentator Joe Rogan, front left, listens to Israel Adesanya after a ceremonial weigh-in Friday, April 7, 2023, in Miami. Adesanya will face UFC 287 middleweight champion Alex Pereira on Saturday. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)

Israel Adesanya knocks out Alex Pereira in UFC title rematch

By Alanis Thames - Associated Press

Brazil's Alex Pereira, right, fights Nigeria's Israel Adesanya during the first round of a middleweight title fight at the UFC 281 mixed martial arts event, Sunday, Nov. 13, 2022, in New York. No. 1 title contender Israel Adesanya faces champion Alex Pereira for the middleweight belt on Saturday, April 8, 2023, in Miami in UFC 287. Pereira knocked out Adesanya in the fifth round in November. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)

Adesanya couldn’t wait for UFC title rematch with Pereira

By Mark Anderson - Associated Press

Israel Adesanya prepares to fight Jared Cannonier in a middleweight title bout during the UFC 276 mixed martial arts event Saturday, July 2, 2022, in Las Vegas. Adesanya has lost twice before to Alex Pereira, only in their old careers as kickboxers. Adesanya has since become one of UFC's best fighters and puts his middleweight title on the line against Pereira in the main event of UFC 281 Saturday, Nov. 12 at Madison Square Garden. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

Adesanya looks for better outcome vs Pereira in UFC cage

By Dan Gelston - Associated Press

Zhang Weili, left, connects with a punch to Joanna Jedrzejczyk during the second round of a women's strawweight UFC 248 mixed martial arts bout Saturday, March 7, 2020, in Las Vegas. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP)

Zhang Weili, Israel Adesanya keep title belts at UFC 248

By GREG BEACHAM - Associated Press