published on April 24, 2024 in gacor

Alex Pereira vs Israel Adesanya 2 date: UK start time, full fight card, live stream and how to follo

Alex Pereira and Israel Adesanya will meet again at UFC 287 this weekend after ‘Poatan’ stunned his huge rival by knockout last year.

Pereira became the new middleweight champion after handing Adesanya only the second defeat of his career at UFC 281.

The Brazilian knocked out his long-time foe in the final round as the referee was forced to step in and stop the fight with Adesanya rocked by a flurry of punches.

The pair now clash again with Pereira defending his belt for the first time after improving his MMA record to 7-1.

This will be the fourth time in total that the rivals have met with ‘The Last Style Bender’ being beaten twice in kickboxing and now looking to prevent a second defeat in the octagon.

Pereira vs Adesanya 2: Date and start time

UFC 287 will take place on Saturday, April 8 at the Miami-Dade Arena in Florida.

The card will begin at 11pm UK time with the early prelims before the preliminary card gets underway at 1am.

The main card including Pereira vs Adesanya is scheduled to start at 3am.

Pereira vs Adesanya 2: How to follow

The action will be available to watch in the UK on BT Sport.

New customers can buy a BT Sport monthly pass to watch the fight for £29.99 per month.

The preliminary fights will also be available to watch via the UFC fight pass for £6.99 per month.

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Pereira vs Adesanya 2: Full fight card

Subject to change

Main card

MAIN EVENT: Alex Pereira vs Israel Adesanya - for UFC Middleweight Championship
Gilbert Burns vs Jorge Masvidal
Rob Font vs Adrian Yanez
Kevin Holland vs Santiago Ponzinibbio
Raul Rosas Jr vs Christian Rodriguez

Prelim card

Kelvin Gastelum vs Chris Curtis
Michelle Waterson vs Luana Pinheiro
Gerald Meerschaert vs Joe Pyfer
Chase Sherman vs. Karl Williams

Early prelims

Cynthia Calvillo vs Loopy Godinez
Ignacio Bahamondes vs Nikolas Motta
Shayilan Nuerdanbieke vs Steve Garcia
Jaqueline Amorim vs Sam Hughes

Pereira vs Adesanya 2: What has been said?

Adesanya: “I’m hunting, and I mean that in every sense of the word.

“The mindset is different, definitely. I like it because it puts it all on me, and it’s kind of poetic in a way. One life: Roll the dice.

“This is my last shot, and I’m going to give to it all I’ve got in every sense of the word.”

Adesanya’s trainer Eugene Bareman: “If I had a choice, which I quite often don’t, then I would probably have waited longer just to give Israel a little bit more time between a stoppage like that and the next fight.

“Even in an ideal world I would have done what they do in boxing. I would have brought in a couple of guys for Israel to warm up on and then fight [Pereira].