Midnight Mania! Daniel Cormier believes Khamzat would be ‘massive favorite’ over Alex Pereira

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Kinds make fights: a press release as cliche as it’s correct.

Alex Pereira defeating Israel Adesanya would possibly properly find yourself a case examine for that saying. Pereira is 3-0 over Adesanya throughout two completely different fight sports activities, and he’s the one man to ever cease him through strikes, which he’s now accomplished twice. Clearly, “Poatan” is a nasty type match up for “Stylebender.”

Nonetheless, that doesn’t essentially imply that Pereira is a nasty match up for all the lads Adesanya decisively dealt with. Adesanya’s success in taking down and stymieing Pereira within the third spherical has lots of followers and analysts questioning simply what would occur if a extra established wrester dragged the knockout artist all the way down to the canvas. Regardless of the large knockout win, some are straight up doubting Pereira’s potential in opposition to most different high Middleweights.

UFC commentator and retired champion Daniel Cormier isn’t fairly in that class, however he does consider Khamzat Chimaev is a nightmare match up for the kickboxer. For that cause, Cormier thinks it might be greatest to instantly e book the Adesanya rematch, relatively than probability Pereira dropping to a worse type match up and dropping that choice.

“Should you schedule him and Khamzat proper now, and Khamzat goes, ‘That is my belt, let me struggle,’ Khamzat could be a large favourite to beat Alex Pereira,” Cormier mentioned on his “DC & RC” ESPN show (through Yahoo Sports). “Simply due to the type. The type simply doesn’t match up but and Pereira, he’s so younger in his profession that this (Adesanya) was actually the perfect champion for him.

“I don’t know should you profit from placing these two dudes in opposition to different folks,” Cormier added. “As a result of I actually do consider that there are some very tough matchups for Alex Pereira that weren’t as tough for Israel Adesanya and that, to me, was proven within the third spherical when Izzy was capable of management him as soon as he took him down. You stick him in there with a grappler or a wrestler, he would possibly get drowned out.”

As for Chimaev, “Borz” is flirting with title pictures in two divisions. He’s already called for a fight with Pereira repeatedly, however he’s additionally rumored to be preventing Colby Covington subsequent at 170 lbs. If UFC was keen to grant him a Middleweight title shot, nevertheless, it appears relatively doubtless that Cormier’s prediction concerning the betting odds could be correct.

Nonetheless, being favored to win and truly dethroning the champion are two very various things.

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