Israel Adesanya has fought well in all three previous fights against Alex Pereira — except for the final rounds.
on Wednesday of his opponent, Alex Pereira. “I know every time I fight this guy, I’m dominating him, I’m beating him, and then he has this special ability to recover and put his foot on the gas. So I have to find a way to take him out of the driver’s seat. Which I will.”
Adesanya, one of the UFC’s biggest stars, has arguably won all three previous fights against Pereira — if you exclude the final rounds. When they last met in November, Adesanya was coming off a fifth UFC middleweight title defense and preparing for his sixth straight in Madison Square Garden. The Nigerian-born New Zealander was profiled in GQ Magazine and the New York Times during the lead-up. He floated the idea of making another jump to the light heavyweight division after repelling most other challengers in the 185-pound weight class.
Afterward, Adesanya transitioned from kickboxing to MMA, dismantling most opponents with surgical flair while he built himself into one of the UFC’s most successful competitors. Pereira watched from afar as he adorned a decorated kickboxing career. Five years after their kickboxing rematch, after Pereira, seeking a new challenge, eventually followed Adesanya to the UFC, they met last November in New York. Adesanya was up on the cards but in the fifth and final round, he met a similar fate, succumbing to Pereira’s
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