Conor McGregor has declared that Israel Adesanya would have defeated Alex Pereira in his last UFC title fight had there been no time limit on rounds.
Back in the original days of MMA, there were essentially no rules fights displaying which martial art would win out in no-holds-barred competition. There was also no time limit to rounds, making it different to the likes of boxing where amateurs compete over two minute rounds and professionals over three, or the new version of MMA with five-minute rounds.
And McGregor reckons that had the original ruleset, or lack thereof, been in play that he would have gotten Pereira out of there when the pair fought last month at UFC 281. Adesanya had the Brazilian on wobbly legs with a big right hand as the bell rang at the end of the first round, and had he been given a few extra seconds likely would have ended the fight.
