Israel Adesanya is aware of a factor or two about Alex Pereira fights ending with dramatic finishes.
“The Final Stylebender” has fought Pereira quite a few instances over the course of their storied fight sports activities careers, twice in kickboxing and twice in MMA. In the mean time, Adesanya owns bragging rights of their collection having knocked Pereira out of their most up-to-date duel at UFC 287, however even he seemed overwhelmed by Pereira’s newest feat.
After capturing the sunshine heavyweight title this previous November at UFC 300, “Poatan” booked his first title protection towards former champion Jamahal Hill and the Brazilian KO artist didn’t disappoint. Three minutes into Saturday’s fundamental occasion, Pereira crushed Hill with a left hand to retain his title.
Cameras caught Adesanya’s surprised response, which you’ll be able to watch under.
Adesanya barely moved as the world crowd buzzed round him, solely flinching after just a few seconds and uttering an inaudible one-word response.
The 2-time middleweight champion wasn’t the one fighter left staring in disbelief. Social media was ablaze with reactions, together with mild heavyweight GOAT Jon Jones merely writing, “my goodness,” and Daniel Cormier calling Pereira’s efficiency “unbelievable.”
