Robert Whittaker shared his opinion on a possible bout between UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya of New Zealand and Alex Pereira of Brazil Whittaker believes MMA gloves could play a big factor in a fight between UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya and Alex Pereira. Pereira (6-1 MMA, 3-0 UFC) holds both decision and knockout wins…
Former champion and current UFC commentator Michael Bisping doesn’t believe Brazilian middleweight Alex Pereira will end the reign of current 185-pound division leader Israel Adesanya, despite having defeated him twice by kickboxing rules. Bisping recently stated that he is siding with Israel Adesanya to beat Alex Pereira when the duo eventually fight in the UFC….
The contender for the UFC middleweight title (up to 84 kg) Brazilian Alex Pereira gave a comment about the UFC middleweight champion Israel Israel Adesanya. Alex Pereira responded to Israel Adesanya’s callout during a recent appearance on The MMA Hour. Issuing a callout to ‘Poatan’ after defeating Jared Cannonier at UFC 276, Adesanya declared that…
Renowned MMA analyst Chael Sonnen shared his thoughts on the challenge when third welterweight Khamzat Chimaev challenged potential middleweight title challenger Alexa Pereira to a fight. After Pereira’s win over Sean Strickland at UFC 276, Chimaev rather unexpectedly expressed his desire to fight the Brazilian. Sonnen believes that “Borz” decided to make this challenge because…
UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya said he was not impressed with Alex Pereira‘s performance against Sean Strickland at UFC 276. On the main card of UFC 276, Pereira scored a first-round KO over Sean Strickland to cement himself as the next title contender. ‘Stylebender’ and ‘Po Atan’ of course have a history, with Pereira holding…
Eugene Bareman, the coach of UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya is confident that he will win a potential bout against Brazilian Alex Pereira. That’s according to Israel Adesanya’s head coach Eugene Bareman who believes the promotion wants the fight to happen well before Alex Pereira’s vulnerabilities in mixed martial arts are exposed. “They need to…
Prospective Swedish mixed martial arts fighter Khamzat Chimaev reported that he would not mind sharing the octagon with former Glory champion in two weight classes Brazilian Alex Pereira. Khamzat appealed to the UFC management in one of the social networks with a request to organize this fight for him. This past Saturday, Alex Pereira took…
Current UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya was taken out on a “stretcher” when he kickboxed Alex Pereira for the second time, the Brazilian said during UFC 276 media day. The current UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya also sent out a warning to Alex Pereira if he was the next man up to face him. “This…
UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya plays down threat of ‘overhyped’ Alex Pereira Over the course of the last few years we’ve seen Israel Adesanya turn back a handful of top challengers since becoming the king at 185 pounds. Marvin Vettori, Robert Whittaker, Yoel Romero and Paulo Costa have all failed the capture the belt from…
Israel Adesanya will defend his belt against Jared Cannonier in the UFC 276 headliner, while Alex Pereira will face streaking contender Sean Strickland in a main card bout. Adesanya must take care of business in the main event, as well. Cannonier has won five of his last six within the Las Vegas-based promotion — four…
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