Alex Pereira is coming for middleweight lord Israel Adesanya after his most recent KO
Previous GLORY two-weight champion Alex Pereira entered the UFC with a rich striking family and showed precisely why on Saturday night in Las Vegas as the Brazilian finished Sean Strickland's night right on time to set up a world title standoff with middleweight ruler Israel Adesanya.
Pereira - who claims two successes against Adesanya in their kickboxing days - was given the sternest trial of blended combative techniques profession against the reckless Strickland, a warrior whose hostility in the enclosure is many times matched by his strange explanations beyond it, however finished the assessment without a hitch when he sent Strickland tumbling to the mat with a fast left snare halfway through the principal round.
It was a similar punch which had thumped Adesanya oblivious when they last battled in 2017 yet it didn't exactly put Strickland to sleep - yet that was soon to change when the Brazilian handled two or three subsequent shots on the ground.
"It doesn't matter at all to me anything that he says in the pre-battle interviews, I don't not take anything individual," Pereira said after the battle. "I need to say thanks to him for battling me. We had serious areas of strength for a. Took some time in there for the knockout.
"Many individuals discuss my two successes over Israel Adesanya however express they're in kickboxing," Pereira added. "I just beat the No. 4 [fighter] in the rankings so I realize I acquired that [title shot]. How about we cheer for Adesanya this evening."
Adesanya did his part in the headliner, however it was a to a great extent dull appearance from the prevailing middleweight champion, as he utilized a protected strategy to outpoint Jared Cannonier north of five rounds with regards to his 185lbs title.
In any case, while the battle didn't precisely set beats dashing, the possibility of a named battle between two of the game's best strikers (and with history between them for sure) is a tempting possibility.
"Look we know who's straightaway," Adesanya said after his success. "Trust me, whenever I first told you, it was a blunder on my part spamming the right hand and that was in kickboxing.
"It's not difficult to knockout, what's the hillbilly's name [Strickland] in light of the fact that he was repelling the pokes however like I said at the question and answer session, the following time I put you on skates, you will get frozen like Elsa."
Yet, before that battle goes down, a portion of the top names in MMA were quick to take note of their recognition for Pereira on the webWatch Video here
"This person should have demo hammers for clench hands! That was INSANE!!" composed UFC bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling.
"Darn, Strickland was looking strong then [boom]. Ludicrous power from Pereira," added Ben Askren, while Henry Cejudo summarized the battle with: "On the off chance that you get excessively near fire, you will get singed."
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