“We’ve got a date”- Israel Adesanya confirms the UFC having a date in place for his fight against Alex Pereira
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Israel Adesanya and Alex Pereira (Image Courtesy: The Times/ Middle Easy)
Israel Adesanya reveals the dates of his fight with Alex Pereira have been already fixed. After winning the bout, Pereira shot his chances at the middleweight championship and called out Adesanya. In the main event of UFC 276, Izzy fought Jared Cannonier and won the fight via unanimous decision. Similarly to Strickland, Cannonier didn’t deliver what he promised before the fight. After defending his title for the sixth time, during the post-fight interview, Izzy accepted the challenge made by Pereira. He said :
” Look we know who’s next…Trust me, the first time I told you, it was an error on my part spamming the right hand and that was in kickboxing. It’s easy to knockout, what’s the hillbilly’s name [Sean Strickland] because he was parrying the jabs but like I said at the press conference, the next time I put you on skates, you’re going to get frozen like Elsa.”
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Israel Adesanya comments on fighting Alex Pereira
Adesanya recently posted a video on his official YouTube channel of him being interviewed by Dave Blakamoto.
In the interview, the fighter addressed several questions about UFC 276 aftermath, his future plans and fights etc.
While discussing his upcoming fight with Pereira, Izzy revealed that the date has been set. Both UFC and the fighters have discussed and we’ll be informed about it. The planning is done and everything is sorted. He said :
“Yes, when do I want it? Umm, we gotta date. We have already sussed it out. This is like we already planning. Yeah, we’re sussed with it. “
The fight between Izzy and Pereira has many eyes on it. Fight fans are extremely excited about this new match-up in the middleweight division. Considering that Pereira defeated Izzy in the part during a kickboxing bout, it is really interesting to see what will happen this time. On top of that, the Brazilian’s performance against Strickland gave a lot of positive signs about his current form. Many fans want the middleweight division to have a new champion and Pereira is the new favourite to get the job done.
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