Pereira vs Adesanya 2: UFC 287: Michael Bisping believes that Alex Pereira is planning to knock Israel Adesanya out cold in their re-match for the middleweight championship at UFC 287. Pereira grabbed the belt from ‘Izzy’ by handing the Nigerian-born star a TKO loss at UFC 281. Follow UFC News Updates with InsideSport.IN.
Now that we are a few days far from UFC 287, Michael Bisping pinpointed how Chuck Liddell’s involvement can influence Alex Pereira to knock out Israel Adesanya. Referring to Liddell’s high-voltage title wins via stoppage, Bisping foresees the same happening at UFC 287.
In one of his pinned comments, former UFC champion Michael Bisping wrote, “You don’t ask Chuck Liddell to coach you if you are planning to for for a nice points decision! Alex clearly going for the KO in the rematch (or re-re-rematch?). Who’s your pick, 9days out??”
Alex Pereira didn’t look dominant against Israel Adesanya throughout their fight at UFC 281. On the contrary, Adesanya was winning rounds and was tackling his Brazilian opponent brilliantly. Israel Adesanya out-struck Pereira in the first round and wobbled him up. ‘Izzy’ was also successful on the ground.
Meanwhile, Alex Pereira let all of his action go in the final round, a storm that Israel Adesanya failed to weather. ‘Poatan’ unloaded a heavy left hand and TKO-ed ‘Izzy’ to grab the UFC middleweight belt.
Six Pay-per-view events later, the two will rematch in what can be one of the biggest grudge matches in UFC history. Israel Adesanya is currently 2-0 in kickboxing and 1-0 in MMA against Alex Pereira. It remains to be seen whether ‘The Last Stylebender’ can finally win a fight against Pereira. Here’s a look at UFC 287 complete full card.
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UFC 287: Alex Pereira vs Israel Adesanya 2 Complete Fight Card
Main card
Alex Pereira vs Israel Adesanya
Gilbert Burns vs Jorge Masvidal
Rob Font vs Adrian Yanez
Kevin Holland vs Santiago Ponzinibbio
Christian Rodriguez vs Raul Rosas Jr.
Prelims
Chris Curtis vs Kelvin Gastelum
Michael Chiesa vs Li Jingliang
Luana Pinheiro vs Michelle Waterson
Chase Sherman vs Chris Barnett
Early Prelims
Gerald Meerschaert vs Joe Pyfer
Cynthia Calvillo vs Loopy Godinez
Ignacio Bahamondes vs Nikolas Motta
Steve Garcia vs Shayilan Nuerdanbieke
Jaqueline Amorim vs Sam Hughes
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