Israel Adesanya vs Alex Pereira UFC 11/12/2022 Free Picks and Predictions
The UFC main event will feature challenger Alex Pereira against title holder Israel Adesanya for the middleweight title. The UFC 281 card will be one of the exciting fights between the two fighters.
Adensaya is coming to this fight standing at 6’4” and weighs in at 183 pounds. Israel is coming in with a record of 21-1-0 and a reach of an impressive 80 inches. Alex comes in standing at 6’4” and 184 pounds, but has only a 79 inch reach and a record of 6-1-0. The burly Nigerian fighter is using a switch stance and is a striker at most, a kickboxer, and also uses an orthodox stance in his fights.
Adesanya, the New Zealand-raised fighter, earned this slot when he knocked out Derek Brunson four years ago at the Garden. His dominant destruction of the veteran was considered Adesanya’s capsule to the UFC.. Israel Adesanya is 4-1 in his last 4 title duels. He unleashes his strikes at 3.93 per minute with a 53.83% accuracy.
Adesanya won the interim middleweight belt two fights later, unified the division with an October 2019 win over Robert Whittaker and hasn’t lost a 185-pound encounter yet over that span, including two this year. Adesanya won over the New York crowd with a knee to the face and then a big left to finish off Brunson; he then danced in the middle of the octagon. He significantly turned into a stylistically unpleasant performer with the elbows and head kicks that showcased he won his fights that replaced the string of unanimous decisions in his favor.
Israel Adesanya vs Alex Pereira UFC 11/12/2022 Free Picks and Predictions
Meanwhile Alex Pereira (6-1) will have his shot at the UFC middleweight gold when he fights Adesanya (23-1) on Saturday night in UFC’s comeback to Madison Square Garden in New York City. UFC largely eschewed the Northeast since the pandemic but returned to the Big Apple Garden for the sixth time since New York in 2016 became the 50th state to legalize MMA.
Pereira did exactly that as he stalked him up to UFC title fights after a wildly successful kickboxing career. One of his fights against Adesanya was an April 2016 unanimous decision where he used a left hook in the third round of a KO victory in March 2017 in Brazil.
For Alex he is only throwing 6.29 strikes per minute, but has an accuracy of 68.91% in his career so far.
Israel Adesanya vs Alex Pereira. The UFC pick for this fight is Israel Adesanya. Alex Pereira will be facing a deluge against Israel Adesanya. Pereira has a shot to win this fight but Adensaya could be too much for him. Adensaya has too many big names knocked out under his belt and is a long shot to see Adesanya lose to an upcoming star. Pereira will eventually defeat Adensaya but Alex will have to wait. UFC 281 Winner Prediction, Israel Adesanya.
Date and Time: Saturday, November 12, 2022, 11:30 PM (EST)
Location: Madison Square Garden in New York, USA
Latest Odds: Israel Adesanya -190 ; O/U 3.5
TV: ESPN+