The newly belted middleweight champion Alex Pereira spoke via translator on MMA Hour today about the stoppage in his last fight against Israel Adesanya where Alex became the new champ, defeating Adesanya by TKO stoppage in the 5th round.
Many people thought the stoppage was early, as were there some people who thought that the stoppage was good, including Adesanya, but still thinks it is debatable.
Pereira, who is usually stone-faced was asked a series of questions of what makes him mad, and if he ever gets mad? Where he replied, “nothing specific“, and “no not really“.
Which is a surprise because of his 6’4 demeanor, stoic face that never smiles, coupled with his lack of emotion toward celebratory and uncelebratory situations, but we’ll take his word.
After he was asked the question about his last fight, and if all the chatter about it being stopped early bothered him?
Pereira explained his side saying, “Izzy said that too, so you gotta understand the ref and the situation, I have a history of hurting and knocking out people“.
Nobody can argue with that surely!
He also added, “he was defending at first, but at the end he was leaning sideways, the ref was smart enough to understand the siuation, imagine what was gonna happen with him leaning down like that?“.
Wrapping up this early stoppage subject by saying, “even his coach said that it was“. Referring to an interview Eugene Bareman, Adesanya’s head coach said in an interview on Combat TV.
Do you agree with Pereira?
MMA Loki news room staff
