Tinubu Congratulates Israel Adesanya for His Win Over Alex Pereira

• Israel Adesanya has returned to winning ways as he defeated strong opponent Alex Pereira on Sunday morning, 9 April
• President-elect Bola Tinubu expressed happiness over Adesanya's win urging him to continue making Nigerians proud

Nigeria's President-elect Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has congratulated Israel Adesanya for his brilliant win over Alex Pereira as he triumphed with spectacular knockout.

The victory however helped the Nigerian reclaimed his middleweight title from long-time bitter rival Pereira in a fight that was settled in Florida.

Previously, Adesanya has lost three times to Pereira and his latest win come as a cool revenge for the Nigerian superstar.

Unlike their last meeting however, Adesanya was able to avoid damage and counter with two flush right hands which left Pereira flat out on his back.

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Adesanya roared in delight before celebrating by mimicking Pereira's bow and arrow taunt.

According to the statement Tinubu made on his official Twitter page, he explained that Adesanya has made Nigerians proud.

Bola Tinubu hails Adesanya

''Congratulations to Isreal Adesanya on reclaiming the UFC Middleweight Title. He never stopped believing in himself and we did not stop believing in him.''

Adesanya fires strong warning

Earlier, Sports Brief had reported how Israel Adesanya didn’t take long after defeating Alex Pereira to send a warning to another middleweight.

The Last Stylebender knocked out Pereira in the main event of UFC 287 to reclaim his Middleweight title.

During the post-fight interview, the Nigerian-born star turned his attention to a fellow African middleweight, though he didn’t mention him by name.

Adesanya said he didn’t want to give the fighter any clout by mentioning his name, but that he needed to choose his words more wisely when referring to those who paved the way for him.

The champion added that the unnamed Middleweight needed to do more and show him more so that he had a reason to beat him up.