Michael Bisping thinks Israel Adesanya ought to combine in some grappling early in opposition to Alex Pereira.
Adesanya (23-2 MMA, 12-2 UFC) will look to reclaim the middleweight title from Pereira (7-1 MMA, 4-0 UFC) when the pair rematch within the UFC 287 headliner April 8 in Miami.
Adesanya was en path to a win over Pereira at UFC 281 earlier than “Poatan” rallied to knock him out late in Spherical 5. Bisping sees Adesanya as each the higher kickboxer and grappler, however says he must make the most of his wrestling earlier to maintain Pereira guessing.
“I believe he’s most likely going to do just like the primary battle, however you by no means know,” Bisping mentioned on his YouTube channel. “Possibly he’s going to return on the market and go for a double-leg takedown proper off the bat as a result of he was the higher grappler. He’s only a higher grappler, easy as that. He took him down (and) managed him for slightly bit. And who is aware of – he is likely to be attempting to go for a submission this time, as a result of the factor is, you don’t should be an incredible wrestler to study the mechanics to do a double-leg takedown. Definitely whenever you’re Israel Adesanya, Alex Pereira isn’t essentially going to anticipate that off the bat.
“So I’m simply going to throw it on the market: Don’t be stunned when you see Izzy go on the market, faux to commerce on the ft, double jab, proper hand, regardless of the mixture could also be, to get a response from Pereira. And when the arms come up, you degree change, you shoot in, you get your arms across the leg, run him into the fence, decide him up, slam him down, and there you go. Now hear – in fact you understand Pereira, coaching with the likes of Glover Texieira, and naturally Chuck Liddell – they’ve been there, accomplished it, bought the T-shirt. They know methods to get again to the ft. However the component of shock from Israel Adesanya – he may simply catch him. You by no means know.”
Adesanya landed one takedown in opposition to Pereira, however had 6:34 of management time within the first battle. He was barely outstruck total, however was up 3-1 on all three judges’ scorecards earlier than he was stopped in Spherical 5.
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