Israel Adesanya strongly disagreed with the scoring as Alex Pereira misplaced his UFC title final evening in Las Vegas.
Adesanya and Pereira had one of the most legendary rivalries in UFC historical past, and have since fashioned an unlikely friendship. Because of this, the previous middleweight champion was probably the most viewers in final evening’s UFC 313 principal occasion.
Sadly, it didn’t go the way in which he needed as Pereira lost on all three scorecards to Dagestani grappler Magomed Ankalaev. Followers have been excited to see Adesanya’s response, and he obliged with a video on his YouTube channel.
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Israel Adesaya reacts to Alex Pereira vs Magomed Ankalaev at UFC 313
In a 12-minute video on his YouTube channel ‘Freestylebender’, Israel Adesanya confirmed himself watching his pal Alex Pereira’s newest title defence. He gave the impression to be scoring the struggle in favor of ‘Poatan’ on the idea of his means to cease takedowns and land large photographs.
It appears the most important bone of competition was the truth that Ankalaev gained 49-46 on one scorecard, branding the struggle sport ‘silly’ earlier than declaring that he ‘f—ing loves it, eh’. He had scored it 1-1 after two rounds after which took a 2-1 lead within the third, in addition to the fifth.
“I had Alex successful however I’m unsure,” Adesanya informed the digicam. “I’d have to look at it once more and rating the struggle correctly. The spherical two might need performed an element simply because he dropped him however then holding in opposition to the fence I don’t actually keep in mind him getting any takedowns.
Israel Adesanya believes Alex Pereira will get rematch with Magomed Ankalaev at UFC 313
Each Pereira and Ankalaev have already known as for the rematch, claiming that there actually isn’t one other contender who’s imminently atop the pile. Within the final 11 months, the Brazilian has systematically gone about knocking out the remainder of the highest 5, making for a shallow prime finish of the division.
Because of this, Adesanya might additionally see there being a direct rematch. That’s notably clear on condition that Pereira has saved the day at main occasions equivalent to UFC 300 and UFC 303 with final minute headliner.
“It was a aggressive struggle back-and-forth,” Adesanya informed the digicam. “They’re each going to stage up and I’m positive he’s going to get a rematch. Spin the block.”
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