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Israel Adesanya touches down in Miami in quest of an elusive win over rival Alex Pereira. Adesanya misplaced his UFC middleweight title to Pereira in 2022, the third time he is failed in opposition to Pereira in MMA and kickboxing mixed. They meet for a fourth time at UFC 287 on Saturday, April 8.
Adesanya finds himself in an attention-grabbing predicament in opposition to Pereira. Adesanya has usually been the higher fighter over the course of 1 MMA combat and two kickboxing bouts. Pereira gained a really disputed resolution of their kickboxing days in addition to a come-from-behind knockout in every sport. Pereira stays the one particular person to ever KO Adesanya and he is achieved it twice. It’s do-or-die for Adesanya as he seemingly will not see Pereira for fairly a while with one other loss. The co-main occasion options an essential welterweight tilt between Florida-based fighters Gilbert Burns and Jorge Masvidal.
One month later, Aljamain Sterling defends his UFC bantamweight title at UFC 288 on May 6. His challenger is Henry Cejudo, the previous two-division champ coming back from a three-year retirement. Sterling has relied closely on wrestling and again management to cement himself because the bantamweight king. Sterling will face wholesome opposition in that division in opposition to Olympic gold medalist wrestler Cejudo.
Take a glance beneath on the present UFC occasion schedule for 2023. Be positive to test again in on this web page when we’ve got extra data on upcoming UFC occasions all year long.
Upcoming UFC Schedule
UFC 287
April 8
Alex Pereira (c) vs. Israel Adesanya 2
Middleweight title
Miami
ESPN+ PPV
UFC Fight Night
April 15
Max Holloway vs. Arnold Allen
Featherweight
Kansas City
ESPN+
UFC Fight Night
April 22
Sergei Pavolovich vs. Curtis Blaydes
Heavyweight
Las Vegas
ESPN+
UFC Fight Night
April 29
Arman Tsarukyan vs. Renato Moicano
Lightweight
Las Vegas
ESPN+
UFC 288
May 6
Aljamain Sterling (c) vs. Henry Cejudo
Bantamweight title
Newark
ESPN+ PPV
UFC 290
July 8
TBD
TBD
Las Vegas
ESPN+ PPV
UFC 294
Oct. 22
TBD
TBD
Abu Dhabi
ESPN+ PPV
