UFC 281 Results: Adesanya vs. Pereira

MMA Fighting has UFC 281 results for the Adesanya vs. Pereira event from Madison Square Garden on Saturday night, live blogs for the entire main card, and live UFC 281 Twitter updates.

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 5th-round TKO (2:01) (live blog) | Highlights | Reax

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

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

Chris Gutierrez def. Frankie Edgar via 1st-round KO (2:01) (live blog) | Pros React

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

Prelims

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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