Michael Bisping wants Alex Pereira to call out Israel Adesanya with a win at UFC 276

Alex Pereira is ready to battle Sean Strickland at UFC 276 on July 2, and Michael Bisping believes the kickboxer turned MMA fighter might earn a title shot off a powerful win and a slick callout.

Within the four-hundredth episode of Consider You Me, Bisping stated Pereira’s KO win over present middleweight champion Israel Adesanya again in 2017 places him forward of many different contenders at 185 kilos. He inspired Pereira to reap the benefits of his mic time like Michael Chandler did and name for a rematch with Adesanya if he beats Sean Strickland. Bisping stated:

“If I am Pereira, who has a knockout over Izzy in his most popular model of preventing which is kickboxing, you higher consider he ought to do it. That will be three in a row – clearly he has to get via Strickland first. Not a simple factor to do, Strickland’s good, Strickland’s an important grappler. You do not see a lot within the UFC however the man’s received a very tough floor recreation. But when Pereira can pull it off, for positive he needs to be calling out the champ. Since you gotta suppose that is what the UFC’s leaning in direction of.”

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Alex Pereira is 2-0 within the UFC with each fights ending through spectacular knockout. Extra importantly, he holds two wins over Israel Adesanya, one among them a knockout end. The large stumbling block for ‘Poatan’ proper now’s his place exterior the official UFC rankings. A win over No. 5 ranked Sean Strickand would probably catapult him up into the highest 5 amongst a listing of opponents Adesanya has already overwhelmed.

Israel Adesanya is hoping Alex Pereira does nicely sufficient to earn a title battle in opposition to him

Following Pereira’s violent flying knee KO win over Andreas Michailidis at UFC 268, Israel Adesanya mentioned his rival’s arrival within the UFC and the way he hoped they may battle once more. Adesanya stated:

“One factor I seen is everybody holds onto that win he has over me. Prefer it’s the be-all, end-all. However I hope he does nicely. I hope he does nicely via the ranks. Within the subsequent 4 fights, I hope to see him.”

Since then, Adesanya beat Robert Whittaker at UFC 271 and now faces Jared Cannonier at UFC 276. So ‘The Final Stylebender’ is already pondering a Pereira battle might happen comparatively quickly. If, after all, he beats Jared Cannonier, and Pereira beats Sean Strickland.

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