Pereira vs Adesanya 2: UFC 287: Israel Adesanya agrees that facing Alex Pereira is similar to face Deontay Wilder in a boxing match. Both Pereira and Wilder are hard-hitting knockout artists, who are capable of defusing their opponent with one clean shot. Follow UFC 287: Pereira vs Adesanya LIVE Streaming updates with Insidesport.IN.
Meanwhile, Deontay Wilder and Alex Pereira are also not immune to damage. They have suffered legitimate punishment from their opponents. However, they needed only one clean shot to secure wins. Something which helped Alex Pereira dethrone Israel Adesanya as the middleweight champion.
Ahead of UFC 287, Izzy connected with The Mac Life and shed views on several aspects. When asked whether Alex Pereira is similar to Deontay Wilder, Israel Adesanya agreed wholeheartedly.
The former UFC middleweight champion said, “Yeah, 100% that’s what happened in the last fight. I was winning. I was up even in the second round. He took me at the end. Surprise, I gave him the round but I was winning. I was winning the fight and yeah, I was winning till I wasn’t.”
Alex Pereira snatched the middleweight strap from Adesanya via TKO in round five of the UFC 281 main-event. Despite being below Izzy on the scorecard, Pereira let it all go in the fifth round and unloaded a barrage of shots on his champion opponent.
Israel Adesanya tried his best to survive but miserably failed to respond to Alex Pereira’s vicious hooks. Now that Adesanya is no longer the champion, he is also 0-3 against Pereira in all of the combat (0-2 in kickboxing, 0-1 in MMA).
Adesanya has been a prolific UFC champion for years and he has a lot at stake at UFC 287 in Miami. It remains to be seen whether Izzy can finally beat Alex Pereira or end up losing against him again. Here’s a look at the complete UFC 287 fight card.
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While the main card will get most of the attention, the prelims and early prelims also feature some very big names. Kelvin Gastelum, Chris Curtis, Michael Chiesa, and Li Jingliang will compete on the prelims card. Here’s the full card for UFC 287.
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
So there you have it. Which fight are you most looking forward to on April 8?
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