MIAMI – Israel Adesanya doesn’t think he’ll be seeing Alex Pereira again.
Despite tying up the score in MMA, Adesanya (24-2 MMA, 13-2 UFC) doesn’t think there will be a trilogy bout with “Poatan.” Adesanya thinks their rivalry has reached its end now that he reclaimed the UFC middleweight title by knocking out Pereira (7-2 MMA, 4-1 UFC) in their rematch Saturday in the UFC 287 main event.
“I don’t keep score. I settle it, and now it’s settled,” Adesanya told reporters at the UFC 87 post-fight press conference. “I gave him a fast track to the belt. I could’ve said, ‘Naw, who’s he fought? He only fought one top five.’ But no. He did well. He fought some top guys. He beat (Sean) Strickland, and I was like, ‘Well, fine, There’s no one else.’
