The brand new UFC middleweight champion is a agency believer that kinds making fights. Having defeated Israel Adesanya 3 times, two in kickboxing and the final one in MMA at UFC 281, Alex Pereira gave his ideas on why it could be time for the ‘Final Stylebender’ to know that his method of combating simply doesn’t match up properly with the Brazilian’s.
To drive his level dwelling even additional, Pereira shared a private story throughout an interview with Tremendous Lutas (h/t CrashMMA). Within the dialog, ‘Poatan’ revealed how he misplaced three beginner kickboxing matches to the identical man and attributes the defeats to their kinds simply not matching up properly for him.
Though he doesn’t identify the person who defeated him 3 times earlier than, Poatan believes he would lose once more to stated fighter even immediately—regardless of that indisputable fact that the mysterious foe is outwardly already retired. The way in which Pereira sees it, Adesanya would profit from accepting this mindset earlier than pursuing one other shot at revenge.
“I’m going to say one thing that I’ve by no means instructed anybody,” Pereira stated. “I’ve 28 fights in beginner. I gained 25 of them by knockout. I misplaced three fights. 3 times to the identical man. In beginner, three fights. I don’t perceive why. However now I do. The kinds don’t match.
“The man has stopped combating,” Alex added. “If I fought him once more immediately, I believe I’d lose once more. Despite the fact that he’s finished combating, if I fought him, I might lose. If I fought him 10 occasions, I’ll lose. Adesanya must get that, the identical method Whittaker did. He simply doesn’t settle for it.”
Alex Pereira (7-1) grew to become the brand new UFC middleweight champion when he TKO’d Adesanya at UFC 281, earlier this month. The win put Poatan on a four-fight victorious streak within the UFC, with wins over Andreas Michailidis, Bruno Silva and Sean Strickland earlier than defeating his former kickboxing rival. The 35-year-old’s sole MMA loss stays a submission defeat to Quemuel Ottoni, again in October 2015.
