Israel Adesanya broke down the title-fight rematch between UFC mild heavyweight champion Alex Pereira and Jiri Prochazka, and he’s anticipating nothing to be held again.
Pereira (10-2 MMA, 7-1 UFC) rematches Prochazka (30-4-1 MMA, 4-1 UFC) in Saturday’s UFC 303 (pay-per-view, ESPN, ESPN+) headliner at T-Cellular Enviornment in Las Vegas. Adesanya has a wealthy historical past with Pereira having fought him 4 occasions – twice in kickboxing, and twice in MMA. Adesanya is 1-3 in opposition to Pereira, having knocked him out of their most up-to-date outing at UFC 287.
Since dropping to Adesanya of their middleweight title combat, Pereira moved as much as 205 kilos and achieved unimaginable success. “Poatan” knocked out Prochazka to say the vacant title at UFC 295, however Adesanya expects each fighters to make changes.
“The strategy from each fighters will likely be totally different as a result of they each know what may occur,” Adesanya stated on his YouTube channel. “Alex is aware of he may get taken down and managed, and Jiri is aware of he can get knocked out, but in addition Alex is aware of he can get touched and damage by Jiri. Alex can shock him, as effectively. If Jiri takes him down, Alex can shock him with some new sh*t on the bottom that he’s been engaged on.”
Adesanya expects an all-out conflict between Pereira and Prochazka and finally picked in opposition to his former foe.
“Somebody’s going to die,” Adesanya stated. “That’s the mindset that both he finishes me or I end him, that’s the mindset that it’s a must to have should you’re taking a short-notice combat for 5 rounds. Holding on for 5 rounds and also you’re not match? I’m telling you, it’s a nasty, dangerous time. So that you simply must go in there and be like, ‘Proper, both he dies or I die.’
“So who’s going to attempt to kill who on this combat? I’m going to go Jiri as a result of we’re the Chosen Few, but in addition I believe he may need discovered from his mistake as a result of folks don’t perceive. And in addition it makes issues attention-grabbing, he beats him, then there’s a trifecta and I gained’t be the one one who’s knocked this man out. I’m going to go Jiri and I’m going to go by third or fourth-round end.”
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