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Magic words that triggered brutal Adesanya KO

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Alex Pereira has produced 1 of the astir staggering results successful caller UFC history, claiming a TKO triumph implicit Israel Adesanya to go the satellite middleweight champion.

The defending champion was up 3 rounds to 1 connected each 3 judges' scorecards going into the last round, with the challenger needing to find a stoppage to win.

Somehow, helium pulled it off.

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"I consciousness truthful good, I trained each my life, I worked truthful hard for this - it was written," helium said afterwards.

It was conscionable his 4th combat successful the UFC, and immoderate radical had question marks implicit his quality to spell 5 rounds - but helium good and genuinely silenced those.

"It was a precise hard combat ... but I was going done a combat each time astatine the gym," helium said successful regards to his training.

There'll undoubtedly beryllium a rematch, with that being Adesanya's first-ever nonaccomplishment arsenic a middleweight, not to notation the information that helium was conscionable a mates of minutes from victory.

There's nary denying that the Brazilian was falling down successful the mediate rounds, but his country told him precisely what helium needed to perceive earlier that 5th and last round.

"He looked astatine maine similar 'do I person to sound him out?' and I said 'you amended sound him out, if you privation this, you amended sound him out'," manager and grooming spouse Glover Teixeira said.

"I'm truthful blessed antheral - it's going to motivate maine for the adjacent month."

The present 43-year-old volition person a rubric combat of his ain adjacent period astatine UFC 282, erstwhile helium attempts to regain his lightweight rubric from Jiří Procházka.

Poirier wins thrilling fight

Earlier connected the card, Chinese superstar Zhang Weili regained the women's strawweight title aft submitting Carla Esparza successful the 2nd round, portion Dustin Poirier claimed the triumph successful a combat of the twelvemonth contender against Michael Chandler.

The fable Frankie Edgar was knocked retired brutally successful his past combat earlier retirement, portion Adesanya's stablemates had mixed fortunes.

Both Dan Hooker and Carlos Ulberg recorded TKO and KO wins, respectively, portion Brad Riddell was submitted by Renato Moicano.

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