Sean Strickland was impressed by Alex Pereira’s finish of Israel Adesanya at UFC 281.
Pereira (7-1 MMA, 4-0 UFC) rallied to stop Adesanya by TKO in Round 5 this past Saturday at Madison Square Garden to claim the middleweight title. Strickland (25-4 MMA, 12-4 UFC) felt Pereira’s power himself when he was on the receiving end of a left-hook knockout at UFC 276, but he expected Adesanya to have the footwork to evade Pereira’s power.
“He’s a f*cking badass, big motherf*cking Brazilian,” Strickland told The Schmo. “And he touches you, and you go to sleep. It’s the weirdest f*cking thing. He just touches you, and you f*cking fall asleep, but I was not expecting that. I was a little surprised. I thought Izzy was gonna be a twinkle toes and f*cking dance around and outpoint him, but f*cking hats off to you, Alex, you f*cking big ass f*cking scary Brazilian. You f*cking go out and f*cking do it.”
