A four-time foe of former two-time middleweight champion, Israel Adesanya, undisputed gentle heavyweight finest, Alex Pereira has advised the previous might have been carrying an harm into his return at UFC 305 earlier this month — pointing to his kick-light strategy to his struggle with Dricus du Plessis.
Adesanya, a former undisputed middleweight champion twice below 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 blended 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 toes with a takedown, and wrapped in a taut rear-naked choke — pressured to faucet and quit a middleweight title struggle 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 Metropolis 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 know the way (Israel) Adesanya was,” Alex Pereira mentioned on his YouTube channel. “Once we are there, we don’t speak about accidents, don’t speak about issues. We’re there. We wish to struggle, wish to win — no excuses. Possibly Adesanya had an harm. You could possibly see he kicked little or no.”
“That inside kick of Adesanya’s is excellent,” Alex Pereira defined. “Not everybody can try 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) mentioned it bothered him; it additionally bothered me. He didn’t proceed to do it. When he’s solely throwing fingers, I believe it’s simpler for the opponent to guard themselves or get out.”
