Despite beating Israel Adesanya via TKO, UFC champion Alex Pereira is yet to earn Chael Sonnen’s respect. It seems ‘The American Gangster’ has found numerous flaws in Pereira’s game and foresees several scenarios where ‘Poatan’ can lose his middleweight belt.
The Israel Adesanya loss at UFC 281 has urged several combat experts to pour their opinions. Meanwhile, Chael Sonnen also dived into the debate and tagged Alex Pereira ‘the worst middleweight champion’ of all time. He further picked non-UFC fighter Bo Nickal to beat Pereira if given a chance. For UFC News updates with InsideSport.IN
Speaking through his YouTube channel, Chael Sonnen said, “Alex Pereira is the worst middleweight champion of all time. That’s the claim, now you need supporting evidence. The evidence is that he’s the champion of the world and Bo Nickal could beat him and Bo Nickal has never even fought in the UFC before.”
“That’s the statement. There it is. Boom. It would appear that if you were good at wrestling, that you could take him down. It would appear that. Now, we haven’t seen that. Like, we don’t actually have evidence of that.”
“We saw Pereira on bottom after a scramble. There was a takedown attempt initiated by him. Izzy flipped his hips and came out on top. How sure are you really that this is the worst ever?”
Alex Pereira, however, seems unbothered by his critics. He has recently inked the UFC belt on his arm and has even ridiculed Israel Adesanya for justifying the defeat with various circumstances. ‘Poatan’ was shaken by Israel Adesanya in the first round of the fight. ‘Izzy’ then dominated Alex Pereira for the rest of the night before falling prey to the Brazilian’s top-tier striking skills.
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Alex Pereira checked one of Israel Adesanya’s kicks, which seemingly hurt the former champion. Pereira then followed it up with a barrage of punches and TKOed Israel Adesanya. This was Alex Pereira’s third win over Israel Adesanya, two in kickboxing and one in the UFC. That said, the two can cross paths once again in the near future.
Israel Adesanya loss: Alex Pereira will have to put his title at stake again
Israel Adesanya has handled his loss like a true champion and hasn’t made any excuses. He has reflected on the positive sides of the fight and how he could overpower Alex Pereira in the initial stages of the clash. Following his title loss at UFC 281, Israel Adesanya has promised to face Alex Pereira for the middleweight crown again.
Israel Adesanya loss: Ex-UFC star names the non-UFC fighter who can beat ‘worst middleweight champion’ Alex Pereira
Israel Adesanya loss: Ex-UFC star names the non-UFC fighter who can beat ‘worst middleweight champion’ Alex Pereira
Having defended the 185 lbs strap five times since winning it in 2019, Adesanya deserves an immediate rematch. Furthermore, he is still the 1st ranked middleweight contender and a cash cow in the UFC. So, there’s no way Alex Pereira can avoid the rematch unless any mishap happens.
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