ISRAEL ADESANYA’s reign as UFC middleweight champion came to a brutal end in New York.
The Last Stylebender renewed his rivalry with kickboxing phenom Alex Pereira in the main event of UFC 281 at Madison Square Garden.
Adesanya was on course to register a unanimous decision victory before being rocked by a vicious left hook and finished by a barrage of strikes in the final round.
Elsewhere on the card, Zhang Weili reclaimed the strawweight throne with a submission victory over Carla Esparza.
And former interim lightweight champion Dustin Poirier got back to winning ways with a third-round submission of Michael Chandler.
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