UFC 281: Blockbuster card is confirmed for Madison Square Garden

New York’s Madison Square Garden will host UFC 281 on November 12. The main event comes as no surprise, as it’s a bout in which Israel Adesanya puts his middleweight title on the line against Alex Pereira.

The Brazilian has two previous kickboxing victories over ‘The Last Stylebender’, most recently in 2017, by KO.

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In the co-main event, Carla Esparza puts her recently regained strawweight belt on the line against former champion Zhang Weili.

Meanwhile, at lightweight, another great matchup is scheduled in Dustin Poirier vs Michael Chandler.

‘The Diamond’ returns after the loss against Oliveira and will face another of the Brazilian’s victims, Chandler who is coming in strong after landing one of the best knockouts ever seen in UFC. Iron’s kick on Ferguson is probably the best KO of the year.

The main card features what should be Frankie Edgar‘s last fight, against rising contender Chris Gutierrez (bantamweight).

Dan Hooker vs Claudio Puelles will be the first bout of the UFC 281 main event.