UFC 287 live tracker: Updates, features, examination for full card including Alex Pereira versus Israel Adesanya
On Saturday, in the headliner of UFC 287 in Miami, previous middleweight champion Israel Adesanya will give it another conflict with his enemy Alex Pereira.
The issue for Adesanya is that he's 0-3 against Pereira, having been taken out in the last two. The latest completion came on Nov. 12 in New York while Pereira, following three rounds to one on every one of the three scorecards, mobilized to take Adesanya out in the fifth round at UFC 281 to come out on top for the middleweight championship. Pereira likewise was 2-0 against Adesanya in kickboxing, winning the second of the two sessions by third-round KO.
In any case, in the wake of losing his UFC belt to Pereira in crushing style, Adesanya demanded a rematch, and got it. A portion of his friends thought it wasn't the most ideal choice to go straight into one more battle with Pereira. That way of thinking goes that Adesanya ought to have taken two or three battles to recapture his certainty and work on new procedures he really wants to overcome Pereira.
That, however, isn't the manner by which Israel Adesanya works. He needed the rematch and needed it at the earliest opportunity. UFC president Dana White frequently alludes to contenders as "hoodlums" for taking troublesome battles. On the off chance that Adesanya pushing for a fast rematch in the wake of being down 0-3 and took out in consecutive battles by Pereira isn't criminal, nothing at any point could be.
Adesanya is as of now a - 140 number one at BetMGM and Pereira is +115.
In Saturday's co-headliner, Jorge Masvidal will battle Gilbert Consumes requiring a success to not just keep alive his fantasy of a session with welterweight champion Leon Edwards, his unpleasant opponent, yet additionally to stay away from the initial four-battle long string of failures of his profession.
Consumes is almost a 5-1 #1 to succeed at BetMGM. Masvidal is right now a +340 longshot.
Eighteen-year-old possibility Raul Rosas Jr. opens the compensation per-view in a bantamweight conflict against Christian Rodriguez followed by a welterweight session between Kevin Holland and Santiago Ponzinibbio. Loot Textual style meets Adrian Yanez at 135 pounds quickly preceding the highlighted battles of the evening.
Remain tuned to Hurray Sports for all the news and results from the whole card.
UFC gets back to Miami, Fla. without precedent for very nearly 20 years with a blockbuster middleweight title rematch that will see Alex Pereira go for his most memorable effective title guard against previous champion and negative. 1 positioned competitor Israel Adesanya. Additionally, previous welterweight title challengers impact when current No. 5 positioned competitor Gilbert Consumes fights No. 11 Jorge Masvidal.
UFC 287: PEREIRA versus ADESANYA 2 happens Saturday, April 8 from Kaseya Center with the principal card at 10 pm ET/7 pm PT on ESPN+ PPV. The prelims will be seen on ESPN, ESPN Deportes and ESPN+ at 8 pm ET/5 pm PT with the night's activity beginning at 6 pm ET/3 pm PT with Early Prelims on ESPN+ (English and Spanish) and UFC Battle Pass.
Headliner booked for five adjusts, any remaining sessions planned for three rounds. | Official Scorecards
Christian Rodriguez routs Raul Rosas Jr. by consistent choice (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Kelvin Gastelum routs Chris Curtis by consistent choice (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)
Luana Pinheiro (29-28, 29-28) routs Michelle Waterson-Gomez (29-28) by split choice
Joe Pyfer routs Gerald Meerschaert by technical knockout (strikes) at 3:15 of Cycle 1
Loopy Godinez (30-27, 29-28) routs Cynthia Calvillo by split choice (29-28)
Ignacio Bahamondes routs Three pointer Ogden by consistent choice (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
Steve Garcia routs Shayilan Nuerdanbieke by KO (strikes) at 0:36 of Cycle 2
Sam Hughes routs Jaqueline Amorim by consistent choice (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
UFC 287: Pereira versus Adesanya 2 Fundamental Card Results
Christian Rodriguez routs Raul Rosas Jr. by consistent choice (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Christian Rodriguez endured the early tempest and given Raul Rosas Jr. the principal loss of his expert vocation in Saturday's compensation per-view opener.
Rosas Jr. overwhelmed the first with his catching, however Rodriguez endure a couple gag endeavors and changed the tides in the second, spending the last 50% of the edge putting it on the hailing 18-year-old. In the third the Roufusport item stuffed a couple early takedown endeavors before huge brother'ing Rosas Jr. what's more, gathering the triumph.
The 25-year-old Rodriguez is a brilliant possibility by his own doing, and moves to 2-0 in the UFC bantamweight positions, with a 9-1 record generally. This was a noteworthy, patient presentation for Rodriguez, and as long as the weight miss on Friday is a one-time thing, he ought to stay a significant individual of interest in the ability rich 135-pound weight class. | Official Scorecards
UFC 287: Pereira versus Adesanya 2 Prelim Battle Results
Kelvin Gastelum routs Chris Curtis by consistent choice (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)
Kelvin Gastelum and Chris Curtis finished off the prelims in style, facing, blow-for-blow for three adjusts, no quarter asked and none given as the middleweights gave the crowd in Miami a show.
Gastelum seemed to be on his feet and quick with his hands, turning in his maximum effort in various years, while Curtis was on a very basic level sound as usual, working body and head with his boxing and being protectively sharp. The previous Extreme Contender champ Gastelum had his best achievement ahead of schedule, while Curtis turned in his best round in the third, with the group ascending to their feet and full throat to applaud these heroes down the stretch.
The result of the stunningly engaging issue was passed on to the adjudicators sitting Octagon-side, and the authorities all saw it the same way, with Gastelum leaving away triumphant. This was a remarkable battle between two no nonsense middleweights where neither one of the men loses any ground in the divisional positions. | Official Scorecards
Luana Pinheiro (29-28, 29-28) routs Michelle Waterson-Gomez (29-28) by split choice
Positioned strawweights Luana Pinheiro and Michelle Waterson-Gomez made it happen in Saturday's UFC 287 battle card, taking advantage of their natural abilities in a quality this way and that where every lady had snapshots of progress.
Waterson-Gomez displayed her particular mastery with her kicks, hitting Pinheiro with various kicks up the center, while the Brazilian went after the veteran's left calf and associated with additional strong shots. At the point when it appeared as though one was holding onto force, the other answered with a quality succession to paw once more into the challenge.
The appointed authorities were called upon to decide the victor, granting the battle to Pinheiro. With the success, the Dana White's Competitor Series graduate moves to 3-0 in the UFC and runs her series of wins to nine, while Waterson-Gomez loses for the third back to back exposing and fifth time in six battles. | Official Scorecards
Joe Pyfer routs Gerald Meerschaert by technical knockout (strikes) at 3:15 of Cycle 1
Joe Pyfer keeps on taking care of folks rapidly.
Subsequent to standing apart on the primary episode of Dana White's Competitor Series last season, the 26-year-old got his subsequent straight first-round finish on Saturday, dropping and halting veteran Gerald Meerschaert. A major right hand put "GM3" on the material, and from that point, Pyfer kept on going after until ref Marc Goddard had no real option except to step in and stop the activity
Presently riding a four-battle series of wins with every one of those triumphs coming inside the distance, Pyfer is starting to secure himself as a certifiable individual of interest in the UFC middleweight division. "Bodybagz" is presently 11-2 generally speaking and ought to get one more move forward in contest following this champion exertion in South Florida. | Official Scorecards
Loopy Godinez (30-27, 29-28) routs Cynthia Calvillo by split choice (29-28)
Strawweights Loopy Godinez and Cynthia Calvillo went through the last 10 minutes exchanging on the feet, breaking each other with strong shots in a nearby, cutthroat battle that went all the way.
Godinez appeared to get the better of things in the first before Calvillo finished a takedown and eased back her force. From that point out, the pair stayed upstanding, with Calvillo tossing more volume and her Mexican-Canadian rival associating with the more extensive individual blows. Each time one would land something strong, the other would view as a counter, bringing about the adjudicators being called upon to choose it.
At the point when the round-by-round scores were added up, it was Godinez that emerged on the blissful side of the split choice decision. The 29-year-old moves to 9-3 in general with the triumph, while Calvillo drops her fifth consecutive challenge in her re-visitation of the 115-pound weight class. | Official Scorecards
UFC 287: Pereira versus Adesanya 2 Early Prelim Battle Results
Ignacio Bahamondes routs Three pointer Ogden by consistent choice (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
Ignacio Bahamondes gave no indications of rust in getting back to the Octagon interestingly since February 2022, showcasing the full supplement of his striking abilities to get a triumph over Three pointer Ogden on Saturday night.
The 25-year-old from Chile exchanged positions and went after with each of the four appendages, peppering Ogden with punches and kicks all along, never allowing in excess of a beat or two to go by without offering a strike, a bluff, or forward pressure. Ogden had achievement when he let go, yet those minutes were rare.
In the wake of dropping his special presentation to prepared vet John Makdessi, "La Jaula" has now won three straight, moving his record to 14-4 all the while. For Ogden, it's a baffling outcome in a short-notice task subsequent to passing up his unique a long time prior in San Antonio, and a second misfortune in three UFC begins. | Official Scorecards
Steve Garcia routs Shayilan Nuerdanbieke by KO (strikes) at 0:36 of Cycle 2
Sacred rebound, Steve Garcia!
The Jackson-Wink MMA apparatus got glued with a laser-located right hand in the initial refrain, yet in the wake of enduring the subsequent blows, the veteran returned to his feet and took it to Shayilan Nuerdanbieke. After almost getting the accomplished Chinese warrior out of there towards the finish of the first, Garcia came out terminating to begin the second and set him aside with a progression of assaults to the body
Simply a remarkable meeting from Garcia, who has now won successive trips inside the Octagon without precedent for his vocation. The 30-year-old is currently 14-5 generally and 3-2 under the UFC pennant. | Official Scorecards
Sam Hughes routs Jaqueline Amorim by consistent choice (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Sam Hughes explored a tricky first round to get a great triumph over Jaqueline Amorim in the initial battle of the night.