Prior to Alex Pereira’s UFC 303 title protection towards Jiri Prochazka, the challenger accused ‘Poatan’ of utilizing shamanic spirits to assist him win fights and previous rival Israel Adesanya has agreed with Prochazka’s claims.
UFC mild heavyweight champion, Alex Pereira, is ready to make the third protection of his title this coming weekend at UFC 307 as he takes on quantity eight-ranked contender, Khalil Rountree Jr in the primary occasion.
Despite having solely been within the UFC since 2021, ‘Poatan’ has had extra championship fights than regular fights within the promotion, displaying how large of a famous person he has turn into.
Israel Adesanya agrees with Prochazka’s declare that there's ‘juju’ surrounding Alex Pereira
Former UFC middleweight champion, Israel Adesanya, of course, has an extended historical past with the Brazilian champion and has agreed with Prochazka’s declare that there's a ‘juju’ that surrounds ‘Poatan’ for his fights.
“You know what Jiri said about the whole juju thing, that’s real, that’s real. The last time I fought him in Miami, look, he beats me, that’s why anyone says ‘Izzy’s scared’, like bro, I ain’t scared of sh*t,” Adesanya started to clarify on the Joe Rogan Experience.
“The guy beat me in the biggest arena on the planet, Madison Square Garden, the same way as the last time he beat me in Brazil in his hometown. I was beating his ass, I had him hurt at the end of the first round, all that sh*t, took him down, and then he gets me in the last round.
“It’s his spirit, it’s whatever his ancestors or his people that are praying for him because I have prayer worries as well my Mom and Dad be fastening and they have people in the spirit (world) praying for me, but like, the way he carries himself, something about him just, he knows how to recover well,” he continued.
Israel Adesanya needs a rematch towards Sean Strickland subsequent
Following his loss to Dricus Du Plessis at UFC 305, ‘The Last Stylebender’ will as soon as once more should struggle a contender to re-earn one other title shot.
The former champion has his eyes set on a rematch towards Sean Strickland as he needs to avenge his UFC 293 loss to ‘Tarzan’.
“Strickland definitely, I took his best shots and I just know I can, I know I can take this guy. I know what I can do,” Adesanya claimed.
Despite Izzy’s hopes of a rematch with Strickland, the 33-year-old is probably going rematching ‘Stillknocks’ subsequent for the title and so Adesanya should look forward to the end result of that potential struggle.
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