UFC 281 Results: Adesanya vs. Pereira

UFC 281 results for the Adesanya vs. Pereira event from Madison Square Garden on Saturday night, live blogs for the entire main card.

In the main event, UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya will try to defend his title against rival Alex Pereira. Pereira has defeated Adesanya twice in kickboxing, but this will be the first time they meet in mixed martial arts.

UFC strawweight champion Carla Esparza will put her belt on the line against former UFC champion Zhang Weili in the co-main event.

Check out UFC 281 results below.

Main card:

Alex Pereira def. Israel Adesanya via fifth-round TKO (2:01)

Zhang Weili def. Carla Esparza via sub (RNC) (R2, 1:05)

Dustin Poirier def. Michael Chandler via sub (RNC) (R3, 2:00)

Chris Gutierrez def. Frankie Edgar via 1st-round KO (2:01)

Dan Hooker def. Claudio Puelles via second-round TKO (4:06)

Prelims:

Renato Moicano def. Brad Riddell via sub (RNC) (R1, 3:20)

Ryan Spann def. Dominick Reyes via first-round KO (1:20)

Erin Blanchfield def. Molly McCann via sub (kimura) (R1, 3:37)

Andre Petroski def. Wellington Turman via UD (30-27 x2, 29-28)

Matt Frevola def. Ottman Azaitar via first-round KO (2:30)

Karolina Kowalkiewicz def. Silvana Gomez Juarez via UD (29-28 x3)

Michael Trizano def. Seung Woo Choi via first-round KO (4:51)

Montel Jackson def. Julio Arce via unanimous decision (30-27 x2 29-28)

Carlos Ulberg def. Nicolae Negumereanu via first-round KO (3:44)