Israel Adesanya watched closely as UFC 307 went down this past weekend, where a former foe of his was back in action.
The former two-time middleweight champion is always able to offer unparalleled analysis when Alex Pereira is stepping inside the cage.
They’ve faced each other on four occasions in various rule sets, and despite his prior losses to “Poatan,” Adesanya is the only man to beat him in the UFC.
Via the reactions video on his YouTube channel, FREESTYLEBENDER, fans got the chance to watch “The Last Stylebender” enjoy a fun fight and devastating performance from Pereira to cap off the night.
Israel Adesanya Reacts To Alex Pereira’s Ruthless Display At UFC 307
Now that he’s not competing against him and they’re in different weight classes, Adesanya is able to join the ranks of all the fans that enjoy watching Pereira do what he does best.
Throughout his reaction, he constantly drew attention to things that Pereira is doing or thinking based on his experiences of fighting and studying “Poatan.”
Despite a strong start to the fight from the challenger, Adesanya believed that Pereira was only going to get stronger as the fight went on.
“Round two, if ‘Poatan’ gets past this or doesn’t get knock him out, I think he’ll be fine. Khalil is better early on… I think he has to. If not, ‘Poatan’ is gonna get those leg kicks going again.”
Adesanya also pointed out in-between rounds how well the champion is able to recover in tough fights, whispering about how he knows all too well about this.
“He’s a f****** demon bro. I felt it.”
The third round came to a close and the former champ made the call that Pereira was going to close out proceedings in the fourth round now that he had really found his groove in Salt Lake City.
“I can feel it, I can feel it. Now it’s gonna be ‘Chama’ time.”
Throughout the fourth round, Adesanya repeatedly called for Pereira to switch up his approach and target the body which he eventually did, ending the fight after a barrage of strikes that Rountree somehow withstood.
“Good on him, he lasted longer than I thought he would but at least someone else took him to the fourth round, shows how good Khalil is.”
Adesanya rounded out his thoughts on the fight by talking about what is in front of both Pereira and Rountree going forward.
“He’s got some hard fights in front of him but he’s that guy right now, he’s on… honestly, that’s how I called it but I thought it was going to be early but shout to Khalil ’cause heart. Fighting with a broke nose, f***** eye and intelligence not to blow his nose in the fight, respect and his stock goes up after this, so yeah, what a moment.”
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