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Adesanya defends his UFC middleweight title at Madison Square Garden tonight, but Paul will be unable to attend after being banned by the promotion.

Dan Hooker (-155) vs. Claudio Puelles (+120). Kicking off the main card in a fashion that Joe Silva would approve of is a lightweight battle between ...

Check out who the experts at CBS Sports are taking in the pair of title fights set for Madison Square Garden on Saturday.

Frankie Edgar (24-10) is the best UFC fighter to ever come out of New Jersey. The former UFC lightweight champ from Toms River is calling it a career with one ...

Watch UFC 281, headlined by Israel Adesanya vs. Alex Pereira, with MMA Fighting live during a main card watch party beginning 9:45 p.m. ET.

Prior to that, former lightweight champ [Frankie Edgar](https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/60/frankie-edgar) makes the walk to the octagon for the final time in a bantamweight bout against the surging [Chris Gutierrez](https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/2785/chris-gutierrez). ET / 6:45 p.m. Watch MMA Fighting’s UFC 281 Watch Party at 9:45 p.m. [Dan Hooker](https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/2917/daniel-hooker) looks to get back to his winning ways and halt the five-fight win streak of [Claudio Puelles](https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/3886/claudio-puelles). [Dustin Poirier](https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/233/dustin-poirier) and [Michael Chandler](https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/455/michael-chandler). [Carla Esparza](https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/818/carla-esparza) puts her newly won title on the line against former champ [Zhang Weili](https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/4539/zhang-weili).

Carla Esparza has really found her footing in the strawweight division following back-to-back losses in 2018. Those fights really represented a crossroads for ...

For many years now, Isreal Adesanya has dominated the UFC Middleweight division with a total of five title defenses since he defeated Kelvin Gastelum back ...

In the main event, middleweight champion Israel Adesanya (23-1 MMA, 12-1 UFC) puts his title on the line against challenger Alex Pereira (6-1 MMA, 3-0 UFC), who ...

Featherweight champ Alexander Volkanovski is set to challenge for Islam Makhachev's lightweight title at UFC 284 in Perth, Australia.

The pair came head to head after the Russian's stunning win over Charles Oliveira at UFC 280 in Abu Dhabi.

NEW YORK -- Israel Adesanya will seek his sixth defense of the UFC's middleweight championship Saturday, when he meets familiar rival in Alex Pereira at UFC ...

UFC featherweight champion Alex Volkanovski will go for rare dual-belt status against newly minted lightweight title-holder Islam Makhachev at UFC 284 in ...

Pereira has been fast-tracked to a middleweight title shot and will take on Adesanya at UFC 281 in New York after only seven MMA fights - and just three in the ...

The superfight is on. Recently crowned UFC lightweight champion Islam Makhachev has been granted his request as the native of Dagestan will take on ...

'WTF': Double knockdown stuns; last-minute scorecard controversy — UFC LIVE.

Also on the prelims, former UFC light heavyweight title challenger, Dominick Reyes, will collide with the promotion's #12 ranked 205-pounder, Ryan Spann. The ...

Only hours before Alex Pereira has the first UFC title shot of his career, he has already increased 25+ pounds in weight and proved it by posting a video.

Aussie UFC featherweight champion Alex Volkanovski will officially move up in weight to challenge lightweight champ Islam Makhachev in the main event of UFC ...

Israel Adesanya defends his 185-pound crown against Alex Pereira. The the main event of the ESPN+ pay-per-view is likely to happen sometime after midnight.

In the main event, middleweight champion Israel Adesanya (23-1 MMA, 12-1 UFC) puts his title on the line against challenger Alex Pereira (6-1 MMA, 3-0 UFC), who ...

Both of the defending champions face formidable opponents. Adesanya takes on Alex Pereira, who has beaten him twice in kickboxing. Esparza's first title defense ...

[#UFC281] [pic.twitter.com/57m76PlTjY] [November 13, 2022] [#UFC281] [pic.twitter.com/BcHiAtWpMp] [November 13, 2022] [#UFC281] [pic.twitter.com/6NEBIdFQ2M] [November 13, 2022] [#UFC281] [pic.twitter.com/J9AVV7R4Cn] [November 13, 2022] [#UFC281] [pic.twitter.com/3uoSs3EZvQ] [November 13, 2022] Esparza's first title defense of her second reign comes against former champion [Zhang Weili](http://www.espn.com/mma/fighter/_/id/4350762/zhang-weili).

Chinese superstar puts on ruthless masterclass in Madison Square Garden, while Alex Pereira's power proves too much for Israel Adesanya as he stops ...

Alex Pereira proved he still has Israel Adesanya's number, rallying to stop him in the final round Saturday night to win the UFC middleweight title.

[Sean Strickland](http://www.espn.com/mma/fighter/_/id/3093653/sean-strickland) in the first round at UFC 276 in July to earn the title shot. The Nigerian-born New Zealand resident had five successful middleweight title defenses following a win over [Robert Whittaker](https://www.espn.com/mma/fighter/_/id/3009717/robert-whittaker) to earn the belt in October 2019. Adesanya was able to keep Pereira at bay in the third and fourth and even did some wrestling and grappling to win the third. In the fifth, Adesanya oddly stumbled and rolled backward after a leg kick exchange. Pereira came back strong in the second round with a pair of his signature left hooks. There were similar circumstances in their second kickboxing match, with Adesanya dominating the first two rounds before Pereira knocked him out in the third. "That's why my footwork was compromised," Adesanya said. Referee Marc Goddard stepped in to stop it after a flurry of left hooks and right hands, though Adesanya was never dropped. 1, and Pereira was ranked No. Pereira, the only man to ever knock out Adesanya, stopped him again via TKO at 2 minutes, 1 second of the fifth and final round Saturday night in the main event of UFC 281 at Madison Square Garden. "I said, 'Do I have to knock him out?'" Pereira said through an interpreter. And he has it in MMA too.

NEW YORK, Nov. 13 (Xinhua) -- In an action-packed UFC 281 card, China's Zhang Weili returned to the top of the women's strawweight division, regaining her ...

Zhang Weili (C) of China reacts before the women's strawweight title bout against Carla Esparza of the United States at the UFC 281 in Madison Square Garden in New York, the United States, Nov. Zhang Weili (L) of China and Carla Esparza of the United States compete during their women's strawweight title bout at the UFC 281 in Madison Square Garden in New York, the United States, Nov. Zhang Weili (top) of China celebrates after winning the women's strawweight title bout against Carla Esparza of the United States at the UFC 281 in Madison Square Garden in New York, the United States, Nov. China's first UFC champion Zhang Weili reclaimed women's strawweight champion with a second-round submission on Carla Esparza at UFC 281 on Saturday night. Zhang Weili (C) of China celebrates after winning the women's strawweight title bout against Carla Esparza of the United States at the UFC 281 in Madison Square Garden in New York, the United States, Nov. Zhang Weili (top) of China and Carla Esparza of the United States compete during their women's strawweight title bout at the UFC 281 in Madison Square Garden in New York, the United States, Nov. Zhang Weili (R) of China and Carla Esparza of the United States compete during their women's strawweight title bout at the UFC 281 in Madison Square Garden in New York, the United States, Nov. Zhang Weili (bottom) of China and Carla Esparza of the United States compete during their women's strawweight title bout at the UFC 281 in Madison Square Garden in New York, the United States, Nov. Zhang Weili of China celebrates after winning the women's strawweight title bout against Carla Esparza of the United States at the UFC 281 in Madison Square Garden in New York, the United States, Nov. However, the second ended with Pereira landing a big head kick and a takedown to secure the round. The first round saw Zhang dominate the stand-up against the wrestler Esparza. Struggling, Esparza made concerted efforts to bring the fight to the ground.

Lightweight scrappers Poirier and Chandler dealt up the barn-burner fans were expecting at Madison Square Garden in a hard-hitting war of attrition at UFC ...