Israel Adesanya has shifted his mindset going into his title combat rematch with Alex Pereira.
Adesanya (23-2 MMA, 12-2 UFC) will look to reclaim the middleweight title from Pereira (7-1 MMA, 4-0 UFC) when the pair run issues again within the UFC 287 headliner on April 8 in Miami.
Pereira rallied to knock out Adesanya in Spherical 5 to seize the middleweight title at UFC 281, and “The Stylebender” is looking for revenge. When requested if he has a special mindset going into his rematch with Pereira, Adesanya stated it positively has modified.
“I’m searching, and I imply that in each sense of the phrase,” Adesanya stated on his YouTube channel. “The mindset is completely different, positively. Even (coach) Eugene (Bareman) and I are on the identical web page. The mindset is unquestionably completely different.
“I prefer it as a result of it places all of it on me, and it’s sort of poetic in a means. One life: Roll the cube. That is my final shot, and I’m going to present all of it I’ve bought in each sense of the phrase.”
The loss to Pereira marked Adesanya’s first at 185 kilos. Previous to that, Adesanya defended his title 5 instances with wins over Robert Whittaker, Jared Cannonier, Paulo Costa and Yoel Romero. His lone profession loss got here in a failed try to grow to be dual-champion towards then-light heavyweight champ Jan Blachowicz in March 2021.
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