One of the greatest MMA rivalries (Alex Periera vs. Israel Adesanya) has a fruitful end for Israel Adesanya, as the “last Stylebender” won the last face-off against Alex Periera at UFC 287, where he knocked out “the Poatan,” claiming the middleweight title again. After four months of his fight, Alex Periera moved up to the 205-pound category to fight in the light heavyweight division of the UFC, and in his debut fight in the division, he got the victory over Jan Blachowicz by a split decision. Israel Adesanya, in his YouTube video, praised Alex Periera for the fight tactics that he used against Jan Blachowicz.
At UFC 291 Jan Blachowicz started well as he controlled the Poatan in the ground in the first round. Periera was looking weak at the ground game in the first round, but in the second and third rounds he defended the wrestling attack quite well, showing that he can fight not only on the feet but also on the ground, and Israel Adesanya was impressed seeing the Brazilian ground game as both fighters earlier fought on the feet and there was no grappling game as such between these two in the fights. He praised the Brazilian and said
During the fight, he said
Beautiful try but the boy got long legs man. I’m telling you, he doesn’t want any space because once you give him space, he gon’ touch you. Beautiful defense, good way to not balance himself, corrected it, good lad.
Alex won, looked good at light heavyweight, also elevation we have to consider that as well. Crafty from Jan, he did the right thing trying to sneak the victory but wasn’t enough
Israel said
Israel Adesanya is confident that Alex vs. Jiri Prochazka for the light heavyweight title would be great, as the title is currently vacant since Jamahal Hill renounced it a few weeks ago.
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