Former middleweight champion Michael Bisping previewed the Alex Pereira and Israel Adesanya UFC 287 main event title bout.
Pereira puts his belt on the line against the former titleholder in a rematch inside Miami-Dade Arena in Florida. Pereira came from behind to finish Adesanya in the UFC 281 main event in November to capture the title from his former kickboxing foe.
Pereira also holds two kickboxing wins over Adesanya, one by decision and one by knockout.
“One obviously thing to think about is Izzy’s going to come out and use some grappling. He’s got great hand-and-eye coordination. He’s got tremendous coordination in general. We’ve seen the entrances. We’ve seen the breakdancing. We’ve seen the kickboxing skills. If you have that kind of coordination, you can learn how to do a double-leg takedown,” said Bisping on his YouTube channel. “I used them to great effect many times. I never grew up being a wrestler.”
Adesanya may opt to try to grapple with Pereira, but according to Pereira’s coach, former light heavyweight champion Glover Teixeira, Pereira has improved his takedown defense since last fight.
“Accordring to Glover Teixeira, Pereira’s coach, he said ‘listen, if he tries to take…
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