UFC boss Dana White said one of his fighters suffered 'a mental breakdown' in the middle of a bout

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Israel Adesanya knocked out his career rival Alex Pereira during Saturday's UFC 287 event.</li><li>The UFC middleweight champion then pointed at Pereira's child and taunted him.</li></ul><a href="https://www.insider.com/category/israel-adesanya" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Israel Adesanya</a> mercilessly taunted Alex Pereira's son after knocking his father unconscious Saturday at the <a href="https://www.insider.com/category/ufc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">UFC 287</a> event inside the Kaseya Center, in Miami.It was the first victory Adesanya had scored against his career rival Pereira, after the Brazilian bested him twice in kickboxing bouts, and once in an <a href="https://www.insider.com/category/mma" target="_blank" rel="noopener">MMA</a> competition last year.During one of Pereira's kickboxing wins in 2017 — a finish, via KO — one of his children appeared to mock Adesanya while he was unconscious.Not one to forget things easily, Adesanya did the same after flattening Pereira in the main event of the sold-out pay-per-view show in Florida.With Pereira's body stiff on the canvas, Adesanya pointed to the child before mimicking the way Pereira fell to the floor."I'm petty bro, I remember the first time he knocked me out in Brazil his son came into the ring and started to get next to me," <a href="https://twitter.com/Buchi_Laba/status/1644960235734589440" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Adesanya reportedly said</a>. "I looked for his kid and I pointed at him and I saw him."<blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">—Spinnin Backfist (@SpinninBackfist) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1644955459990716416">April 9, 2023</a></blockquote>The win saw Adesanya reclaim the UFC middleweight championship he lost to Pereira in 2022, after six successful title fight wins in a row.Elsewhere at UFC 287, Gilbert Burns out-pointed Jorge Masvidal, Rob Font finished Adrian Yanez, and Kevin Holland knocked out Santiago Ponzinibbio.In the first fight on the main card, Christian Rodriguez put the brakes on the Raul Rosas Jr. hype train as he edged the 18-year-old phenom over three rounds.<h2>Donald Trump was a surprise star at the show</h2><div type="image" title="Former President Donald Trump attends UFC 287 at the Kaseya Center in Miami on April 8, 2023." height="2136" width="3268" msid="99363331" hostid="261" sizebytes="175850"></div>One attendee to generate a significant reaction from the Miami crowd was <a href="https://www.insider.com/category/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump</a>, as the former president took to his seat and posed for photographs.Trump recently <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/read-donald-trump-indictment-new-york-manhattan-da-full-text-2023-3">pleaded not guilty to 34 charges</a> relating to a 2016 hush-money payment to Stormy Daniels, yet got one of the biggest pops on the night with people ringside almost falling over themselves to shake his hand.He sat alongside the former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson, the singer Kid Rock, and his long-time friend UFC boss Dana White.The popular YouTube creator Jidion, who has 6.84 million subscribers, <a href="https://www.insider.com/jorge-masvidal-dana-white-praise-donald-trump-ufc-287-2023-4" target="_blank" rel="noopener">even asked Trump for "a small loan of $1 million"</a> — which Trump Jr. seemed to find funny.White later told reporters backstage that Trump is a "huge fight fan."

Israel Adesanya mercilessly taunted Alex Pereira's son after knocking his father unconscious at UFC 287

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="13951910" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="tony-kelley" source="Orion">Tony Kelley</keyword> was slammed Saturday for disparaging remarks made about Brazilians.</li><li>The <keyword id="11922275" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="ufc" source="Orion">UFC</keyword> fighter and cornerman said his comments weren't racist.</li></ul>LAS VEGAS — A <a href="https://www.insider.com/category/ufc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">UFC</a> cornerman and fighter Tony Kelley said the "dirty Brazilians" comment he made live on ESPN was not racist.Kelley was helping coach his partner <keyword id="13938558" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="andrea-lee" source="Orion">Andrea Lee</keyword> during the kickboxer's flyweight fight against Viviane Araujo at the UFC Vegas 54 event broadcast Saturday from the Apex.<a href="https://www.insider.com/viviane-araujo-recovered-from-devastating-head-kick-to-win-ufc-2022-5" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lee almost kicked Araujo's head off</a> in the opening round but the Brazilian fighter battled back to earn a unanimous decision with scores of 29-27 (x2) and 29-28.Midway through the bout, though, Kelley could be heard making disparaging comments about Araujo to Lee."That's what they're going to do, they're dirty fucking Brazilians — they're going to fucking cheat like that," Kelley said between rounds, <a href="https://www.insider.com/viviane-araujo-recovered-from-devastating-head-kick-to-win-ufc-2022-5" target="_blank" rel="noopener">as previously reported by Insider</a>.The comment was rebuked by numerous people involved with the UFC at the time."Ok that corner work was terrible," UFC fighter Belal Muhammad tweeted, adding: "Lee keeps dating racists."Lee's former husband Donny Aaron had multiple Nazi-affiliated tattoos, <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/2018/6/3/17422688/andrea-lees-husband-coach-donny-aaron-apologizes-for-nazi-tattoos-wont-get-them-removed-or-covered" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to a 2018 article on MMA Fighting</a>.Kelley is Lee's current partner.In a response to his own comments, and to the backlash, Kelley took to Twitter. "Cancel Culture is real," he said instead."What I said was real and in the heat of battle, and in no way had any type of racist connotations meant … but if that's the way you take it, idgaf."So many people quick to say racist. That shits getting so old. My reference was to a dirty eye poke."<blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">—Tony Kelley (@TonyKelleyMMA) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1525730384394104832?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 15, 2022</a></blockquote>Kelley fights Adrian Yanez on June 18 at the Moody Center in Austin, Texas, for a UFC on ESPN 37 event.

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UFC boss Dana White said one of his fighters suffered 'a mental breakdown' in the middle of a bout

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Israel Adesanya mercilessly taunted Alex Pereira's son after knocking his father unconscious at UFC 287

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