“Straight outta a movie”- Dana White describes Alex Pereira’s RILED-UP corner that led to his victory at UFC 281
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UFC 281 gave the fight fans some of the most entertaining and thrilling moments of this year. In the main card, Alex Pereira shocked the world by stopping Israel Adesanya’s long reign as the UFC middleweight champion.
During the post-fight press conference, Dana White shared the conversation between Pereira and his corner before going into the last round. White revealed that the conversation was incredible and looked like a movie scene. White explained how Pereira’s cornerman helped the fighter to give his best and positively get a knockout against Izzy in that round.
“I don’t if you guys have headphones over on your side but the corner in Pereira’s corner that round. It was like straight outta a movie. One of his trainers I don’t know who was like ‘You are losing this f***** fight. You need to knock him out in this round. You have to move forward, you have to throw punches. You have to throw combinations, let your f***** hands go. You’re gonna be a world champion in five minutes and then he gets up and goes out there. It was seriously straight out of a movie,” said White.
Moments like that are why the sport of MMA is so unpredictable. Anything can happen in a matter of a few seconds and anybody can win irrespective of the opponent they are facing.
Alex Pereira saved his best for the last round
Going into the fight at UFC 281, Alex Pereira definitely had a psychological advantage over Israel Adesanya. Even though it has been years since Pereira dropped Izzy in a kickboxing bout it was still something that the fans were aware of.
In the first round, Izzy showed why things have changed as he was extremely close to knockout Pereira which was saved by the bell. As the fight progressed, Pereira was struggling on the ground and in the clinch. However, the fighter saved his energy for the last round and finally landed a devastating left hook which rocked Izzy and the fight was stopped by the referee.
Now all eyes are set on what is going to happen next. Izzy most probably will look for a rematch however, he still isn’t sure about that. Pereira is the new champion and will like to continue his domination for as long as possible.
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