Cheeky Alex Pereira fuels Melbourne Storm rivalry by joining camp after Israel Adesanya trains with New Zealand Warriors
Alex Pereira is not ready to let go of his rivalry with Israel Adesanya in any form.
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Alex Pereira enters the camp of Melbourne Storm (Image via Instagram)
Former UFC champion Alex Pereira is preparing to test his left hook power against Jan Blachowicz. But before making his debut in the light heavyweight division, Pereira has something else to take care of. Pereira recently joined the camp of the Melbourne Storm as they prepare for their rugby match. The noticeable thing here was that it is believed that Pereira purposely joined up with Melbourne’s rugby team camp.
Pereira entered the rugby ground with his iconic entrance style, where the whole team and staff members cheered him up and witnessed the live performance of Alex. As he did his bow-arrow act, everyone cheered Melbourne Storm’s T-shirt-wearing former kickboxing and UFC champion. Alex Pereira is known for his rivalry with Israel Adesanya, which also was on display on the rugby field.
The Brazilian fighter is one of the most focused athletes in mixed martial arts. ‘Poaton’ is in Australia, currently training for his bout against the former UFC light heavyweight champion. At UFC 291, Alex and Jan Blachowicz will be featured in the co-main event. Being aware of the fact that Blachowicz defeated his biggest rival, a 35-year-old, leaving no margin,
But Alex didn’t want to spare ‘The Last Stylebender’ that easily, as he chased him to the rugby ground. Israel Adesanya has also joined the New Zealand Warriors rugby training camp. There is no wonder Izzy will not get rid of Pereira that easily.
The New Zealand Warriors train at the Mount Smart Stadium, it is a multipurpose stadium in Auckland, New Zealand. It is the main home ground of the New Zealand Warriors team in the National Rugby League. While competing head to head with cricket as the most followed sport in the country, Rugby is watched by most of the population. Also, fans love Rugby more, one can argue, due its nature of unpredictability, unlike cricket. Only due to this speciality, fans not only love watching the sport, but also love to bet on it, be it on any platform. If one wants to have a look, they can discover the most popular NZ online casinos on Casinocrawlers.com.
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The rivalry went from kickboxing to rugby for Alex Pereira and Israel Adesanya
One of the greatest middleweight champions in mixed martial arts, Israel ‘The Last Stylebender” Adesanya is in the gears of a warrior, where he gave valuable wisdom to the players of the New Zealand rugby team. This was also a surprise moment for the fight fans. But things also got spiced up when Alex Pereira made an appearance on the Melbourne rugby ground.
One of the team members of Warriors, Freddy Lussick said, “It definitely caught us all off guard, we had no idea that he was coming in. He wanted to come train with us and see what it was about. It was an awesome experience to have him around.”
Adesanya also gave some valuable opponent tackling tips to the players. Just like Pereira made a surprise entry to the Melbourne team’s grounds, Izzy made a surprise entry to his favorite team’s camp.
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