While UFC president Dana White is confident that the middleweight title fight between Israel Adesanya and Alex Pereira will be a banger, Sean Strickland doesn’t see it that way.
Adesanya (23-1 MMA, 12-1 UFC) and Pereira (6-1 MMA, 3-0 UFC) soon will meet after both men picked up victories earlier this month at UFC 276. Adesanya won a unanimous decision against Jared Cannonier in the night’s main event, while Pereira knocked out Strickland in the first round of their fight earlier on the main card.
Adesanya’s performance was a technical display of dominance, but it failed to deliver on the pre-fight talk from the champion, which earned him criticism from a swath of fans on social media. However, White said this past weekend that he guarantees Adesanya vs. Pereira will be “bat-shit nuts.”
