Israel Adesanya thinks Jan Blachowicz will take Alex Pereira down and "beat him up" in their upcoming fight.
Pereira moves up to light-heavyweight for the first time in his UFC career having lost his middleweight belt to Adesanya at UFC 287 last month. The Brazilian has previously competed at light-heavyweight during his kickboxing career and will now make his promotional debut at the weight class against the division's former champion Blachowicz at UFC 291 in July.
Adesanya came up short in his bid to become a two-weight UFC champion when he was beaten by Blachowicz in 2020. 'The Last Stylebender' predicts Blachowicz will deploy a similar game plan against Pereira as he did in their past fight, backing the Polish fighter to wear out Pereira on the ground.
