Across three fights and two sports, Alex Pereira continued to get the best of Israel Adesanya
With the fight seemingly still up for grabs in the final round, Pereira again took charge as Adesanya pursued clinch offense. An Adesanya slip sent him tumbling back, but Pereira failed to capitalize. That is, until he rocked Adesanya with a short right hook and pounced, punishing Adesanya as the former champ was kept standing by the fence. Referee Marc Goddard gave Adesanya a long leash, but he wasn’t able to recover.
She didn’t let her second chance go to waste – or the judges – this time in the same building, securing a rear-naked choke submission victory at 1:05 of the second round over Carla Esparza in the co-main event. Zhang, China’s first UFC champion, had lost her crown to Rose Namajunas via quick first-round KO last April, then dropped a tight split decision in the immediate rematch at the Garden in November.
Against Namajunas, Zhang received little support from the American crowd. Not the case this time against Esparza, a native Californian who has not garnered much support from fans, even in her own country. Clear boos rained down upon her famously stoic-faced introduction.
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