{"id":462086,"date":"2022-11-02T15:20:25","date_gmt":"2022-11-02T22:20:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=462086"},"modified":"2022-11-02T15:20:25","modified_gmt":"2022-11-02T22:20:25","slug":"israel-adesanya-believes-beating-alex-pereira-is-more-important-than-retaining-title-at-ufc-281-its-not-gonna-be-like-last-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/israel-adesanya-believes-beating-alex-pereira-is-more-important-than-retaining-title-at-ufc-281-its-not-gonna-be-like-last-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel Adesanya believes beating Alex Pereira is more important than retaining title at UFC 281: &#8220;It&#8217;s not gonna be like last time&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya is solely focused on defeating Alex Pereira, nothing else.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The Last Stylebender&#8217; has been out of action since his rematch with <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/fighters\/jared-cannonier\/\">Jared Cannonier<\/a> in July. The contest was an easy victory for Adesanya, as he won by unanimous decision. The win was also Adesanya&#8217;s fifth-straight middleweight title defense.<\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s now set to make the walk at UFC 281 later this month on pay-per-view. Standing opposite Adesanya will be a former kickboxing champion, Alex Pereira. The Brazilian&#8217;s quick rise in the UFC was made thanks to his two prior wins over the titleholder in kickboxing.<\/p>\n<p>His current winning streak also helped matters as well. Pereira is 3-0 inside the octagon, last knocking out <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/fighters\/sean-strickland\/\">Sean Strickland<\/a> in July. That win saw him claim a title shot, and also has him as a very slight underdog to the dominant champion.<\/p>\n<p>For Israel Adesanya, the fight at Madison Square Garden is more important than the title. In the champion&#8217;s eyes, securing the elusive win over Alex Pereira is all that matters at UFC 281, as he revealed on his YouTube channel.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_387878\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-387878\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-387878 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Israel-Adesanya.jpg\" alt=\"Israel Adesanya\" width=\"696\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Israel-Adesanya.jpg 696w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Israel-Adesanya-300x172.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-387878\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image Credit: UFC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"jRJa7c\">\u201cBeating him, that\u2019s what matters,\u201d Adesanya said. \u201cLike, the belt? F*ck the belt. Just beating him, a killer like him, that\u2019s what matters. It\u2019s not gonna be like last time. This is a different fighter you\u2019re facing, and now I\u2019ve become another fighter. I\u2019ve re-birthed myself. I\u2019ve re-birthed it, and I just feel like I want to have fun. That\u2019s the goal.&#8221; (h\/t <a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/2022\/11\/ufc-281-israel-adesanya-not-focused-belt-alex-pereira\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>MMAJunkie<\/em><\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>He concluded, &#8220;But this fight, I\u2019m gonna have fun. That\u2019s the ultimate goal. And when I have fun, I\u2019m the best in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The matchup between Israel Adesanya and Alex Pereira is set to headline UFC 281 from Madison Square Garden in New York later this month. To see the full pay-per-view card, see <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/israel-adesanya\/ufc-announces-main-card-lineup-for-ufc-281-adesanya-vs-pereira\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>What do you make of these comments? Do you agree? Sound off in the comment section below PENN Nation!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya is solely focused on defeating Alex Pereira, nothing else. &#8216;The Last Stylebender&#8217; has been out of action since his rematch with Jared Cannonier in July. The contest was an easy victory for Adesanya, as he won by unanimous decision. The win was also Adesanya&#8217;s fifth-straight middleweight title defense. 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