A four-time foe of former two-time middleweight champion, Israel Adesanya, undisputed mild heavyweight greatest, Alex Pereira has recommended the previous might have been carrying an harm into his return at UFC 305 earlier this month — pointing to his kick-light method to his struggle with Dricus du Plessis.
Adesanya, a former undisputed middleweight champion twice beneath the banner of the promotion, headlined UFC 305 in Perth, Australia towards bitter-rival, du Plessis — dropping his second consecutive loss for the primary time in his combined martial arts profession.
Scuffling with the stress and timing of Pretoria native, du Plessis, Adesanya was surprised within the fourth spherical earlier than he was swept off his ft with a takedown, and wrapped in a taut rear-naked choke — forced to tap and give up a middleweight title fight for the second bout in a row.
Alex Pereira shares ideas on Israel Adesanya’s loss at UFC 305
And sharing his ideas on the City Kickboxing staple’s efficiency, Pereira speculated that the Nigerian-Kiwi might have been harboring an harm forward of his UFC 305 title struggle with du Plessis — pointing to his kick-light show ‘Downunder.
“In fact, I don’t understand how (Israel) Adesanya was,” Alex Pereira stated on his YouTube channel. “After we are there, we don’t speak about accidents, don’t speak about issues. We’re there. We need to struggle, need to win — no excuses. Possibly Adesanya had an harm. You possibly can see he kicked little or no.”
“That inside kick of Adesanya’s is superb,” Alex Pereira defined. “Not everybody can do this, however he can do it very properly. It was a great weapon and he didn’t proceed doing that inside kick. Even Dricus (du Plessis) stated it bothered him; it additionally bothered me. He didn’t proceed to do it. When he’s solely throwing fingers, I feel it’s simpler for the opponent to guard themselves or get out.”
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