Bhutan turns amazing and knocks out Adesanya at UFC 281 to win the middleweight belt

The Nigerian outscored the Brazilian by four rounds, but could not stand the heavy hand of Bhutan

In one of the most anticipated battles in UFC 281 this Saturday, on one of the world’s largest sports and entertainment stages: Madison Square Garden, Alex Boatan beat Israel Adesanya She won the organization’s middleweight belt.

Adesanya had a better of four rounds, but felt the Brazilian’s blows in the fifth round and lost, seeing the end of his reign in the class.

The first round was wary of two fighters who abused kicks in the other. In the last second of the round, Adesanya hit Powatan with a cross pass from the right that left the Brazilian confused, and he saved himself with a bell.

In the second round, the balance reigned again, but the Brazilian may have benefited by getting a takedown in the last seconds.

Adesanya was once again well ahead in the third round, taking control of the ground by pushing the Brazilian into the ground, where it’s not his own.

In the last two rounds, Butaan was clearly more tired than Adesanya. But he fired a series of punches that left the Nigerian confused in the octagon and the match was stopped by a TKO in the fifth round.

With this result, Adesanya now has a 23-win streak as the middleweight stalled in MMA.

The Nigerian avoids Anderson Silva’s record-breaking hiatus with 11 consecutive UFC middleweight wins.

Thus Bhutan retains the Adesanya client, as he has defeated the Nigerian twice in kickboxing before.

Watch the UFC 281 results:

Middleweight belt: Alex Boatan beat Israel Adesanya at R4
Strawweight belt: Zhang Weili defeated Carla Esparza by surrender at R2
Lightweight: Dustin Poirier introduced Michael Chandler in the R3
Bantamweight: Chris Gutierrez defeated Frankie Edgar by knockout at R1
Lightweight: Dan Hooker defeated Claudio Puellis by knockout at R2
Lightweight: Renato Moikano defeated Brad Riddle by submission at R1
Light Heavyweight: Ryan Spahn defeated Dominic Reyes by knockout in the first round
Flyweight: Erin Blanchfield defeated Molly McCann by submission at R1
Middleweight: Andrei Petrosky defeats Wellington Tourman by unanimous decision
Lightweight: Matt Frivola defeated Ottmann Azaiter by knockout at R1
Strawweight: Carolina Kowalkiewicz defeated Silvana Gomez Juarez by unanimous decision
Featherweight: Michael Trizzano defeated Seung Woo Choi by knockout at R1
Bantamweight: Montell Jackson defeated Julio Ars by unanimous decision
Light Heavyweight: Carlos Olberg defeated Nicolai Negomerino by knockout at R1