UFC 281 results, highlights: Alex Pereira rallies to stun, knockout Israel Adesanya and claim title

The Brazilian was in desperate need of a finish before finding it in the final moments of the main event By Shakiel Mahjouri Nov 13, 2022 at 10:30 am ET • 1 min read Alex Pereira is the only person to knock out Israel Adesanya – and he's done it twice.Pereira scored a come-from-behind victory against Adesanya at UFC 281 on Saturday night to become the new UFC middleweight champion inside Madison Square Garden.The fight will be a bitter pill for Adesanya to swallow. Similar to their two kickboxing fights, Adesanya was winning the contest until he wasn't. Adesanya nearly added to UFC 281's seven first-round stoppages with a one-two that had Pereira in all sorts of trouble. Adesanya's devastating shot came in the final second of Round 1, but he did not have the time necessary to capitalize. Pereira's corner was panicked in their efforts to get their fighter's head straight.Pereira bounced back well in Round 2. It was a competitive, if unspectacular, round that likely went in the challenge...