Resentment, defiance and unbridled violence are at the heart of Saturday night’s UFC 281. UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya vs. Alex Pereira is headlining his pay-per-view event at Madison Square Garden in New York City. UFC Women’s Strawweight Champion Carla Esparza vs. Chan Wei Lee and Dustin Poirier vs. Michael Chandler are among the other standout fights on the undercard.
Adesanya faces an unusual degree of consumer suspicion ahead of his sixth UFC middleweight title defense.that’s pereira Title challenge in his fourth UFC fighthas two wins against Adesanya on the kickboxing circuit. Pereira is also the only person to beat Adesanya in martial arts. Champions have the chance to increase their body count and avenge the last defeat of their kickboxing record.
CBS Sports will be with you all Saturday to bring you all the results and highlights from UFC 281 below. A minute preliminary match follows.
UFC 281 cards and results
- Alex Pereira def. Israel Adesanya (c) 5th round TKO (punch)
- Weili Zhang def. Carla Esparza (c) Via second round submission (rear naked choke)
- Dustin Poirier diff.Michael Chandler Via 3rd submission (rear naked choke)
- Chris Gutierrez def. Frankie Edgar 1st Round Knockout (Knee)
- Dan Hooker diff. Claudio Puerez by second round knockout (body kick)
- Brad Liddell (rear naked choke) by Renato Moicano def. 1st round submission
- Ryan Spandev. Dominic Reyes In the first round knockout (punch)
- Erin Branchfield def. Molly McCann First Submission (Kimura)
- Andre Petrosky diff. Wellington Turman (30-27, 30-27, 29-28) by unanimous decision
- Matt Frevola diff.Ottoman Azaital In the first round knockout (punch)
- Karolina Kowalkiewicz def. Silvana Gómez Juárez unanimously decided (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
- Defeat of Michael Trisano. Choi Seung Woo 1st Round TKO (Punch)
- Montell Jackson diff. Julio Arce unanimous (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
- Carlos Urberg Def. Nicolae Negmeleanu wins by first round TKO (punch)
