MMA News Roundup: Israel Adesanya reveals why upcoming UFC 281 fight is "personal," 'Chito' Vera responds to Henry Cejudo, fans react as Tony Ferguson begins classes at Harvard
Welcome to today's edition of Sportskeeda's daily MMA News Roundup, where we present the biggest UFC updates and other stories from the world of mixed martial arts.
In today's issue, we talk about Israel Adesanya revealing why his upcoming fight against Alex Pereira is "personal," Marlon 'Chito' Vera responding to Henry Cejudo, and more.
#3. Israel Adesanya reveals why upcoming UFC 281 fight with Alex Pereira is "personal"
Israel Adesanya admitted that for him, the upcoming UFC 281 main event bout between himself and Alex Pereira will be personal.
After colliding in a couple of kickboxing matches years ago, the middleweight stars will collide under MMA rules for the first time in the main event of this month's pay-per-view event.
During a recent interview with Ariel Helwani on The MMA Hour, Adesanya revealed that he's definitely fighting for more than just the title:
"It’s personal, 'cause, this is about me and my legacy. This is about, re-writing history, even though it is history and I never chased this. This is about me re-writing a new path to history and showing people what I can really do. 'Cause again, y’all must've forgot. They always forget! It's because of this TikTok era, their attention span is so quick. They move on so fast."
Watch the video below:
#2. 'Chito' Vera responds to Henry Cejudo
Marlon 'Chito' Vera hit back at Henry Cejudo after the former UFC two-division UFC champ claimed that he could make easy work of him and Sean O'Malley.
Cejudo went off on a Twitter tirade, dismissing O'Malley as a title challenger. He also claimed that he can beat both O'Malley and Vera even while being injured, but 'Chito' won't take the insults lightly.
On Twitter, the Ecuadorian responded by writing:
"Henry go suck a d**k you fat little s**t"
Check out the tweet below:
Henry go suck a dick you fat little shit twitter.com/henrycejudo/st…
#1. Fans react as Tony Ferguson begins classes at Harvard University
Who would have ever thought that Tony Ferguson would add being a Harvard University student to his resume? But here we are!
On Twitter, Spinnin Backfist shared images of 'El Cucuy' from the Harvard Business School campus. Ferguson was also thrilled to announce his new educational venture on Instagram.
But ruthless MMA fans saw the opportunity to troll Ferguson with a bunch of hilarious comments.
Check them out below:
@SpinninBackfist Guy is about to write a thesis on CTE 😂😂😂
@SpinninBackfist So does this mean Tony Ferguson is retired now? I really hope so for his sake. I don’t want to see him take anymore damage.
@AjDuxche @SpinninBackfist I mean, if he’s smart enough to go to Harvard… 😂😂