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Alex Pereira Doesn’t Believe Israel Adesanya Is Interested In Facing Him Again

Pereira AdesanyaGLORY middleweight and interim light heavyweight champion Alex Pereira doesn’t believe Israel Adesanya wants to face him a third time. Pereira holds two wins over Adesanya from their GLORY days and notably holds the distinction of being the only combat sports athlete to knock the UFC middleweight champion out. And with Adesanya’s continued success — […]

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GLORY middleweight and interim light heavyweight champion Alex Pereira doesn’t believe Israel Adesanya wants to face him a third time.

Pereira holds two wins over Adesanya from their GLORY days and notably holds the distinction of being the only combat sports athlete to knock the UFC middleweight champion out.

And with Adesanya’s continued success — having most recently put away Paulo Costa with ease at UFC 253 earlier this month — more and more observers are eager to see Pereira face him in a mixed martial arts fight.

When it comes to the Costa fight specifically, Pereira was impressed but always believed it was bad matchup for the Brazilian stylistically.

“Even before Adesanya fought Borrachinha, I said in interviews it’d be a tough fight,” Pereira told BJ Penn. “I fought Adesanya twice and I know how dangerous he is. He’s tough, very smart, agile, a complete fighter as a kickboxer, and in MMA.

“Paulo had been doing a great job so far in his career and could win that fight, but it was a bad style matchup for him. He needed to do some changes.”

As far as a third fight with Adesanya is concerned? It is definitely possible in the future, especially as Pereira has expressed a desire to venture into the world of MMA.

Whether “The Last Stylebender” is interested remains to be seen, though.

“I don’t think Adesanya would be interested in that fight,” Pereira added. “I beat him twice and I’m the only man to KO him. We never know what the future holds. It could happen someday.”

Pereira, however, certainly believes he can knock him out again.

Do you think we’ll see the trilogy?

Alex Pereira, Who Knocked Out Israel Adesanya, Delivers Another Huge Finish (Video)

Alex Pereira continues to impress in the kickboxing world. The GLORY middleweight and interim light heavyweight champion successfully defended the former with a brutal knockout finish of Ertugrul Bayrak at GLORY Collision 2 on Saturday. Pereira — who is the only person to knock out UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya — needed just one round to […]

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Alex Pereira continues to impress in the kickboxing world.

The GLORY middleweight and interim light heavyweight champion successfully defended the former with a brutal knockout finish of Ertugrul Bayrak at GLORY Collision 2 on Saturday.

Pereira — who is the only person to knock out UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya — needed just one round to deliver a left hook that knocked his opponent out cold.

You can watch the finish below:

Pereira has long claimed that he will make the move to mixed martial arts soon. With finishes like these, it’s hard not to get excited about that prospect.

What did you think of Pereira’s knockout? Do you want to see him transition into the UFC?

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Kickboxer Who Knocked Out Israel Adesanya Says He Can Do It Again In UFC

GLORY middleweight and interim light heavyweight champion Alex Pereira knocked out Israel Adesanya in the kickboxing world and believes he can do it again in mixed martial arts (MMA). Pereira, 32, is not known by many in the MMA world. But most who do know him primarily for being the only person to hand Adesanya […]

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GLORY middleweight and interim light heavyweight champion Alex Pereira knocked out Israel Adesanya in the kickboxing world and believes he can do it again in mixed martial arts (MMA).

Pereira, 32, is not known by many in the MMA world. But most who do know him primarily for being the only person to hand Adesanya a knockout defeat in the kickboxing world when they fought in 2017.

Since then, Adesanya would sign with the UFC and enjoy a meteoric rise that culminated in him becoming middleweight champion following an impressive knockout of Robert Whittaker at UFC 243 back in October.

“Stylebender” is one of the best strikers in the sport right now, but for Pereira, he’s nothing special when it comes to simply kickboxing:

“For the sport of MMA, Adesanya is one of the best strikers in the sport, but for kickboxing, he is like many others – a guy that’s good, but over a long time didn’t evolve,” Pereira told MMA Junkie. “He’s just one of many.

“I’m not criticizing Adesanya. I know that when you go to MMA, it’s normal that your striking, due to the wholeness of the game, it downgrades a little bit. I’m sure when I go to MMA, my striking is also going to go down a little bit, so maybe that’s what happened to Adesanya, too.”

Although he is happy at GLORY, Pereira certainly expects to make the move to MMA at some point. In fact, his current contract even allows him two MMA fights per year.

And facing Adesanya in a rematch would be the smart move — this time, in the Octagon. But don’t expect to see a different result:

“The only place in this world that Adesanya is better than me is in speaking English,” Pereira added.

Would you like to see this rematch in MMA?

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