UFC 287 Pereira vs Adesanya 2 Preview
UFC 287 Preview: Pereira vs. Adesanya 2 By Michael Jones - @keepingitrealmma & Dave Manley - @mmabobblehead 1. Alex Pereira (7-1) vs. Israel Adesanya (23-2) Here we go again... again, again. It feels like this fight went down yesterday. In fact, it was November, which is a very quick turnaround for a guy who was TKO'd. Has he had enough time to make adjustments and build back his confidence? Can anyone right the ship in just 4 months, when you have to get over the hump of losing to one guy 3 damn times in martial arts competition? One way to look at that question is to consider the number of UFC champions who lost their belt and won it back in immediate rematches. As of January 2022, Deiveson Figueiredo was the first guy in over 17 years to do it. Since then, 2 fighters have attempted it and only 1 was successful, Amanda Nunes. All told that's only 3 successful redemptions in 12 trie...