Former UFC middleweight champion Alex Pereira met up with Tyson Fury earlier this week.
‘Poatan’ is contemporary off his rematch towards Israel Adesanya final month at UFC 287. Of their first outing final 12 months, the Brazilian scored a surprising fifth-round knockout win to earn the gold. Final month in Miami, ‘The Final Stylebender’ acquired revenge with an equally shocking end.
Within the second spherical of the UFC title rematch final month, Adesanya scored a dramatic knockout win. Whereas there have been requires a trilogy bout post-fight, plainly Pereira has totally different concepts. Earlier this month, he was booked for his return, however at light-heavyweight. He’ll face former champion Jan Blachowicz at UFC 291 in July.
Nonetheless, Alex Pereira acquired some phrases of encouragement from Tyson Fury earlier this week. The Brazilian uploaded a video of their assembly to YouTube, the place they briefly mentioned the rematch with Israel Adesanya. Pereira joked that the struggle was going effectively till it wasn’t, whereas Fury famous that’s how the struggle recreation goes.
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“Are you okay? Good to see ya!” Tyson Fury greeted Alex Pereira within the video uploaded to the Brazilian’s YouTube channel. “I noticed your struggle with [Israel] Adesanya the opposite day.”
“It was going good till it wasn’t.” Alex Pereira said by a translator standing beside him.
“It’s referred to as the struggle recreation. What are you able to do?… I assumed you guys had been small, you’re f*cking huge! You kickbox? Oh yeah, Glory! You already know Rico Verhoeven? I taught him the right way to field. Large man, good fighter… Are you able to rock and roll? It was good to see you, very good to see you.”
What do you make of this information? Are you enthusiastic about Alex Pereira vs. Jan Blachowicz? Who do you wish to see Tyson Fury struggle subsequent?
