Pereira (7-1 MMA, 4-0 UFC) dethroned Israel Adesanya to capture the middleweight title in this past Saturdayâs UFC 281 headliner. âPoatanâ was hurt badly at the end of Round 1 and was taken down and controlled in Round 3. But after going down 3-1 on the judgesâ scorecards, Pereira rallied to TKO Adesanya in Round 5.
Following the fight, unbeaten star Chimaev (12-0 MMA, 6-0 UFC) called Pereira âeasy moneyâ as he also eyes middleweight gold. With only eight MMA fights to his name, Pereiraâs inexperience on the ground showed, which Cormier thinks would make for a great stylistic matchup for Chimaev.
âIf you schedule him and Khamzat right now, and Khamzat goes, âThis is my belt, let me fight,â Khamzat would be a massive favorite to beat Alex Pereira,â Cormier said on his âDC & RCâ ESPN show. âJust because of the style. The style just does not match up yet and Pereira, heâs so young in his career that this (Adesanya) was honestly the ideal champion for him.â
Considering their history, Cormier thinks the UFC should book an immediate rematch between Pereira and Adesanya and capitalize on another big-money fight.
âI donât know if you benefit from putting these two dudes against other people,â Cormier added. âBecause I truly do believe that there are some very difficult matchups for Alex Pereira that werenât as difficult for Israel Adesanya and that, to me, was shown in the third round when Izzy was able to control him once he took him down. You stick him in there with a grappler or a wrestler, he might get drowned out.â
I hope he isâŚso I can put a sizeable bet on Alex.
And then lose a sizable amount of money
LOL
Hazmat charges in and scares people. Alex doesnât get scared and can knock his block off.
And the dude is a huge 185. I wouldnât be surprised motherfucker
LOL yeah ok. Khamzat struggled with Burns on the feet, who his much smaller and less powerful. Alex starches him, mark my words.
Does anyone take DC seriously anymore?
But Alex would not have much time to strike vs Khamzat- Chimaev would probably come right out and go immediately for the takedown like he did vs Holland. Heâs probably get it too
Interesting style matchup . I do want to see how Pereira handles a strong grappler
That list is a fucking joke.
Theyâre all great, but come on. Nunes? Habib #2?
Where the fuck is Joe Louis? Where is Marciano? Where is Fedor? Where is lennox?
DC is a shill
Cain
LOL, I like DC but that is hilarious.
Heâs funny. But I canât take that list seriously
I promise you Daniel Cormier in his heart does not believe Amanda Nunes is the 5th best fighter of all time. ESPN said he had to include a female fighter lol
If DC had included Fedor, Dana would have taken back his HOF status lol
Definetly
Shill⌠and a terrible one
DC has to be political nowâŚhe makes too much money to be honest.
Honesty is for children and poor people.
Once you read Nunes
you canât think about DC seriously,
And fuk if ufc makes pereira vs khamzat