Alex Pereria vs Israel Adesanya is one of the greatest rivalry of all time, but is there a fifth confrontation between the two legends?
The couple met for the first time in a fascinating kick -boxing meeting at Glory of Heroes 1, in the Bao'an Stadium in Shenzhen, China, with 'Patan' walking away with a decision victory after a close meeting.
The icons ran back to Glory of Heroes 7, in Pereira's backyard of Sao Paulo, Brazil, where the hero of the hometown had to bite on his Gumshield, to remove a remarkable left hook, which made his opponent unknowingly.
At this point, Adesanya changed sports and started his way to the UFC. But although many assumed that this meant that the rivalry was over, it had only just begun.
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Alex Pereira has given an opinion about whether he will ever fight Israel Adesanya again
On Saturday evening, on UFC 313, in the T Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, US, Alex Pereira Teen will go to toe with Magomed Ankalaev in a long -awaited collision.
But although this feud has been warming up for a while, the Power Puncher is still talking about Israel Adesanya.
In an interview with Stake, Pereira said: I don't know if there is anything special that makes him more dangerous than the others. For example, Adesanya is more dangerous than Ankalaev. People say they have not seen me that much, but I am a well -completed hunter; I am a complete hunter.
“It is not that I want to go inside and want to prove something to someone, but I know he is going to struggle. We have seen many hunters say: 'Oh, I go inside with Pereira and stand with him', but I have a very unique standup game that makes it difficult for grapplers to close the distance and struggle me. We have seen hunters who lose me, say they have lost, but they did what they said they would do and strike with me. Maybe it is more the fact that they couldn't get me! “
Of course the world is enthusiastic about the fight, but a fifth slice of Pereira vs Adesanaya would certainly not go wrong. Their two earlier encounters in the UFC, delivered in abundance.
Their first fight in the cage went down at UFC 281, in Madison Square Garden, New York, US, where, in a war war, the Nigerian-born striker looked at the race at victory before his archenemy produced another comeback to secure a fifth round knockout.
Determined with Adesanya to recover his championship strap, the couple still held a showdown at UFC 287, in the Kaseya Center in Miami, Florida, USA.
This time, Warrior, established in New Zealand, finally gave the victory and his opponent cold beaten with a thunderous shot.
Surprisingly, however, Pereira is not particularly interested in taking revenge.
He explained: 'I think that is in the past. I really think the fans are over, so I don't think that's possible. “
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Since they last went, Pereira and Adesanya have become friends, with Patan even tried to form a bond with Kamaru Usman, to continue to build his relationship with his old enemy.
In the end, Adesanya is in peace with everything that has happened in the past, and does not find it necessary to try to even go up the score.
In an interview on the YouTube channel of Demetrious Johnson, he said: “First fight in China, I thought I won. Even he thought I won until he got his hand lifted. Second fight, I defeat his A – and he gets me.
“Again in New York, I hit him, rocked him, pulled him down, held him down and he gets me.
“I knew I could beat this guy. I had to use some darkness for that camp. People who knew me, I was different. I had something like: 'Is this mother not – – – beat four times'.
“It's about the story now – I defeated him once, but then look at this when I fight him again, what will they say? “It's 3-2, it's now the best in the seven.” I am 34, I only have a certain number of fights left. “
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