Israel Adesanya appears to be like to reclaim his UFC middleweight championship and rating an elusive win over Alex Pereira at UFC 287. Pereira defends his newly received middleweight title towards Adesanya, somebody he beat 3 times in fight sports activities, in Miami on Saturday, April 8.
Pereira and Adesanya struggle for the second time in combined martial arts along with two earlier kickboxing fights. Pereira is a mixed 3-0 towards his rival, twice by come-from-behind knockout and as soon as by a disputed resolution. Pereira stopped Adesanya in November and additional cemented himself as the one particular person to ever KO Adesanya in MMA or kickboxing. Regardless of Pereira’s irrefutable success, Adesanya sits as a slight favourite on the energy of his well-roundedness and robust showings within the totality of their three fights.
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Fan-favorite Jorge Masvidal comes residence to Miami towards Gilbert Burns within the co-main occasion. UFC president Dana White appears deadset on reserving UFC welterweight champion Leon Edwards towards Colby Covington subsequent, however Burns and Masvidal can additional their claims to a title shot with a robust exhibiting. Different names to control embrace Kevin Holland, Adrian Yanez, Chris Curtis and Raul Rosas Jr.
Under is the whole struggle card for UFC 287 together with the most recent odds from Caesars Sportsbook. Test again all week lengthy for the most recent information, options and different content material round this large occasion.
UFC 287 struggle card, odds
- Israel Adesanya -155 vs. Alex Pereira (c) +130, middleweight championship
- Gilbert Burns -450 vs. Jorge Masvidal +350, welterweights
- Adrian Yanez -175 vs. Rob Font +145, bantamweights
- Kevin Holland -270 vs. Santiago Ponzinibbio+220, welterweights
- Raul Rosas Jr. -190 vs. Christian Rodriguez +160, bantamweights
- Chris Curtis -160 vs. Kelvin Gastelum +135, middleweights
- Michelle Waterson-Gomez +150 vs. Luana Pinheiro -175, ladies’s strawweights
- Chase Sherman -260 vs. Chris Barnett +210, heavyweights
- Joe Pyfer -200 vs. Gerald Meerschaert +170, middleweights
- Crazy Godinez -340 vs. Cynthia Calvillo +270, ladies’s strawweights
- Ignacio Bahamondes -250 vs. Nikolas Motta +205, lightweights
- Shayilan Nuerdanbieke -240 vs. Steve Garcia +200, featherweights
- Jaqueline Amorim -270 vs. Sam Hughes +220, ladies’s strawweights
UFC 287 information
- Date: April 8
- Location: Miami-Dade Enviornment — Miami
- Begin time: 10 p.m. ET (Essential card)
- How you can watch: ESPN+ PPV