UFC 287 took place on April 9 in Miami, and the main event featured a rematch between the league's middleweight champion Alex Pereira and Israel Adesanya.
In this fight, Adesanya won by knockout in the second round and won the UFC middleweight championship belt. The co-main event of the night featured Gilbert Burns and Jorge Masvidal. This fight lasted the entire distance and ended in favor of Burns by unanimous decision of the judges.
- Israel Adesanya defeated Alex Pereira by second-round KO
- Gilbert Burns defeated Jorge Masvidal by unanimous decision
- Rob Font defeated Adrian Yanez by first-round TKO
- Kevin Holland defeated Santiago Ponzinibbio by third-round KO
- Christian Rodriguez defeated Raul Rosas Jr. by unanimous decision
Preliminary Card:
- Kelvin Gastelum defeated Chris Curtis by unanimous decision
- Luana Pinheiro defeated Michelle Waterson-Gomez by split decision
- Joe Pyfer defeated Gerald Meerschaert by first-round TKO
- Lupita Godinez defeated Cynthia Calvillo by split decision
- Ignacio Bahamondes defeated Trey Ogden by unanimous decision
- Steve Garcia defeated Shayilan Nuerdanbieke by second-round KO
- Sam Hughes defeated Jaqueline Amorim by unanimous decision
- Karl Williams vs. Chase Sherman - fight canceled