No one would be surprised if Israel Adesanya had nightmares about Alex Pereira. In total, he fought him three times with the fact that he always managed to assert himself, but in the end he still lost. In the last fight, as in the previous one, he put Pereira in trouble at the end of the first round, but the end of the round prevented him from charging. Gradually came the last round, in which Pereira, however, came with pressure, which ultimately led to the finish. One was a KO and now a TKO after a flurry of jabs at the net.
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“How do I feel now? I’m grateful. I’m grateful for my whole life. It was another incredible moment. Isn’t it crazy that it happened again like last time? It’s just the same story again. Insanely. I was saying to my team right after the game that I was fine. But that just happens” replied Adesanya when asked how he actually feels after the fight and unfortunately another loss.
“I am grateful and proud. My team is proud of me. No offense, but I don’t care about other people’s opinions. I only care about my team. Sure, revenge is on the table right now, we don’t even have to talk about it. This It was my third match in the last 10 months. Every time I fought, I put the title on the line. I definitely didn’t want to defend myself and then anxiously hang on to the title. I just went for it and that’s how it turned out. be thankful for what one has, and I am. I’ve already discussed this with the team. I wanted to let them know I was fine. Like the wolf of Wall Street said, you can’t just get rid of me. I’m definitely not going anywhere.” .
So Adesanya, just like in the first case with Blachowicz, takes the defeat with great perspective, because he realizes that similar situations simply belong to MMA. However, he’s clearly ready to try and take his title back, something the UFC will surely be able to accommodate as a former dominant champion.
Alex Pereira and his winning reaction
“I’m really happy. I’ve worked for this all my life. It was a lifelong dream and goal. Sorry I’m talking so much now, but I just wanted to get inside his head a little bit. It was a damn tough game. However, as Glover Teixeira has already said, every day we fight such tough battles in the gym. We work and grind. There was a lot of talk that I had never been to the fifth round and that I was not going to make it. Well, you did seen. I’m ready for the next challenge. Thank you to everyone who supports me. Thank you all and I promise this is just the beginning. Alex Pereira replied right in the Octagon for your awesome win.
It’s scary how similar the last two meetings between Adesanya and Pereira are. In both, Adesanya managed to get Alex into trouble in the first round, only for Pereira to come back in the final round and literally create hell. This time it wasn’t a single punch to him, but the famous left hook that landed hard was the beginning of the end.
