UFC 281 vengeance headliner announced for Adesanya

The New Zealander will face Brazilian arch nemesis Alex Pereira at Madison Square Garden

UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya will have the chance to avenge two of his most painful defeats in combat sports on November 12 at Madison Square Garden.

As announced by the elite MMA promotion on Friday evening, the New Zealander is set to take on bitter Brazilian rival Alex Pereira in the headline bout at UFC 281 in New York.

With Pereira boasting two wins over Adesanya from their kickboxing days, the last of which, in 2017, was delivered by a brutal knockout, 'The Last Stylebender' has the chance to exact revenge on 'Stone Hand' for once and for all which is not lost on him.

Posting on Twitter not long after the UFC's announcement, Adesanya shared a picture of the pair and wrote: "Vengeance is mine says the lord."

"Brooooo, I said the same thing too!! This ends here. Kill or be killed," he added.