UFC 281 on Saturday at Madison Square Garden in New York is a pro wrestling fan’s wet dream. On one side, we have one of the greatest middleweight champions of all-time and a pound-for-pound great in Israel Adesanya. On the other stands his nemesis from another discipline and the man who had him in need of oxygen after a knockout during their kickboxing days: Alex Pereira. Like the boogeyman haunting his dreams, Pereira followed Adesanya from kickboxing to mixed martial arts to torment his lost soul again. Maybe I embellished a bit there, but the bones of the story remain true.
UFC 281 Beforemath: Livin’ in a Strikers Paradise
