UFC 281: Pereira knocked out Adesanya and other results

We present the results of the UFC 281 tournament, which took place on the night of November 13 in New York. Headed the event for a middleweight title bout between Israel Adesanya and Alex Pereira.

Preliminary card:

Light Heavyweight: Carlos Ullberg defeated Nicolae Negumereanu by TKO, round 1;

Bantamweight: Montel Jackson defeated Giulio Arce via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 29–28)

Catchweight (up to 147.6 pounds): Michael Trizano defeated Sung Wu Choi by knockout, 1 round;

Women's Minimumweight: Karolina Kowalkiewicz defeated Silvana Juarez via unanimous decision (29–28, 29–28, 29–28)

Lightweight: Matt Frevola defeated Ottman Azaitar via KO, round 1;

Middleweight: Andre Petroski defeated Wellington Thurman via unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 29–28)

Women's Flyweight: Erin Blanchfield defeated Molly McCann by submission, round 1;

Catchweight (up to 206.6 pounds): Ryan Spann defeated Dominick Reyes by knockout, 1 round;

Lightweight: Renato Moicano defeated Brad Riddell via submission, round 1.

Main card:

Lightweight: Dan Hooker defeated Claudio Puelles via TKO, round 2;

Bantamweight: Chris Gutierrez defeated Frankie Edgar by knockout, round 1;

Lightweight: Dustin Poirier defeated Michael Chandler via submission, round 3;

Women's minimumweight title shot: Weili Jean (new champion) defeated Carla Esparza via submission, round 2;

Middleweight title shot: Alex Pereira (new champion) defeated Israel Adesanya by TKO, round 5.