Alex Pereira, former two-division GLORY kickboxing champion and current UFC middleweight, believes the current champ Israel Adesanya is running scared. “Poatan” defeated Adesanya twice back in their kickboxing days, and although “The Last Stylebender” is undefeated at 185 pounds, Pereira laughed at the idea that he should wait to take on the champ.
In an interview with the Trocação Franca podcast, Pereira said that Adesanya simply doesn’t want the rematch, even under MMA rules.
Alex Pereira: “Scared Sh*t” Adesanya Doesn’t Want Another Fight
“Man, have you seen me laughing before? It’s hard, right? How does this guy say he’s anxious to fight me? If I were in his shoes and I was crazy to fight someone, anxious, like he’s saying he is.
As soon as I heard ‘Alex Pereira has signed with the UFC,’ [I would’ve said] f***, [book it] right away. The respect he has [within the company], I’d say, ‘Ask him if he wants to fight me now. Forget about Robert Whittaker, cancel this fight, reschedule it.
I make the calls. If Alex wants it, I want it.” Pereira continued, claiming that Adesanya’s actions are not those of a man itching to prove himself against a worthy competitor. Pereira has two wins over Adesanya from their GLORY days, and if Israel wants the fight again, he’ll make it happen.
“F***, man, that’s what you do is you’re anxious to fight [someone]. ‘Oh, I can’t wait to fight Alex, but I’ll fight him [after] 15 fights.’ F***, How is he anxious to do it? What does he want?
Look, I’ll tell you this — it’s harder for me to get to him than beating him. He knows that. He knows how I beat him. He fought me twice.
He won’t admit how difficult I am. He’s not anxious to fight me. He wants me to slip tomorrow so he can say, ‘Is this the guy you want me to fight? Are you crazy? Go back to the end of the line.’ He’ll run from me. Someone crazy for a fight will say, ‘I want this guy, I want to prove I’m better than him.’
He’s fooling his fan base. People should pressure him. The least he could do is say, ‘F*ck, I’ll show my fans that I’m the best and that’s why they follow me,’ but that’s not what he’s doing. He’s scared s***.
Like Glover [Teixeira] says, he’s scared s***.” Israel Adesanya remains undefeated at 185 pounds, but “Poatan” may well be the man to dethrone him. Do you think Alex Pereira has what it takes to take out the champ? Let us know in the comments.
