A four-time foe of former two-time middleweight champion, Israel Adesanya, undisputed mild heavyweight greatest, Alex Pereira has urged the previous could have been carrying an harm into his return at UFC 305 earlier this month — pointing to his kick-light strategy to his battle with Dricus du Plessis.
Adesanya, a former undisputed middleweight champion twice below the banner of the promotion, headlined UFC 305 in Perth, Australia in opposition to bitter-rival, du Plessis — dropping his second consecutive loss for the primary time in his combined martial arts profession.
Combating the strain and timing of Pretoria native, du Plessis, Adesanya was shocked within the fourth spherical earlier than he was swept off his toes with a takedown, and wrapped in a taut rear-naked choke — compelled to faucet and quit a middleweight title battle 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 could have been harboring an harm forward of his UFC 305 title battle with du Plessis — pointing to his kick-light show ‘Downunder.
“In fact, I don’t understand how (Israel) Adesanya was,” Alex Pereira mentioned on his YouTube channel. “After we are there, we don’t discuss accidents, don’t discuss issues. We’re there. We need to battle, need to win — no excuses. Possibly Adesanya had an harm. You would see he kicked little or no.”
“That inside kick of Adesanya’s is superb,” Alex Pereira defined. “Not everybody can do this, however he can do it very properly. It was 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 arms, I feel it’s simpler for the opponent to guard themselves or get out.”
