Marvin Vettori thinks Alex Pereira has Israel Adesanya’s quantity.
With wins over Adesanya in kickboxing and MMA, together with two stoppages, Pereira is the brand new man to beat at middleweight. And Vettori believes “he’ll beat Izzy once more” within the rematch, solidifying his dominance within the division and retaining the title.
“No, no, in the event that they (Pereira) combat with Izzy once more, he’ll beat Izzy once more. It’s simply, I don’t know, I really feel like he had a mission on beating him,” Vettori instructed The Schmo in a latest interview (h/t Cole Shelton).
Pereira might need Adesanya’s quantity, however Vettori thinks he has likelihood of defeating him. Nevertheless, he’ll must win at the very least a pair extra fights earlier than he secures one other title shot, having didn’t seize the middleweight belt in his unanimous determination defeat to Adesanya at UFC 263.
“However I don’t thoughts him, I like him,” Vettori mentioned of Pereira, the newly-crowned UFC middleweight champion. “If I’ve an opportunity to combat him, positively I wanna combat him. Now, I really feel like I’ve to do a few fights earlier than him, we are going to see what occurs, I’m not stressing about it. Undoubtedly, I want to combat him and I might do properly in opposition to him.”
Vettori returns to the Octagon in March when he takes on Georgia’s Roman Dolidze on the UFC 286 PPV in London, England.
Pereira and Adesanya are anticipated to rematch later this 12 months, with the bout prone to be confirmed within the coming weeks.
