UFC 312, headlined by Dricus du Plessis and Sean Strickland, in a middleweight title bout where the reigning champ defended his belt against “Tarzan,” dominating the challenger for 5 rounds, ultimately winning the fight via a unanimous decision. Apart from the much anticipated main event, MMA fans were mesmerized seeing two former rivals sitting together in the front row to watch the live event. Two former middleweight champs, Israel Adesanya and Alex Pereira, were seated next to each other in the front row of the attendance, where the latter was cornering Sean Strickland.
The two had friendly conversations during the event, and in a video shared by Laststylebender, the “Poatan” was seen extending an invitation to train together in the future to his former rival.
“Let’s get together, let’s make this partnership happen. I have a lot to show you and you have a lot to show me.”
Poatan said(Translated by his coach Plinio Cruz)
The two faced each other four times in their careers. Before squaring off in the Octagon, Alex Pereira and Israel Adesanya fought twice in kickboxing, and both times, the Brazilian got the better of Adesanya. Their rivalry continued in the UFC, and when they first met, “Poatan” defeated Adesanya again to snatch the middleweight gold off the latter’s waist.
At UFC 287, Israel finally got a win over Alex Pereira by knocking out him in the second round of the fight to put a 1-3 record in their rivalry. Now, seeing the rivals turning into friends and having mutual respect is satisfying. Israel never had bad blood for anyone. In fact, the former champ looked at his rivalry with the Poatan as a “Blessing”. In fact, before his fight with Nassourdine Imavov he trained with Robert Whittaker.
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