Former UFC welterweight title contender Stephen Thompson shared his expectations from the upcoming match between the middle division champion Israel Adesanya and Alex Pereira, which will be held on the night of November 13 in New York.
“It will be an exciting fight. No one could compete with Adesanya. He showed dominant performances, won against almost all fighters from the top 10 division. Pereira has won three fights in the UFC, and this meeting makes sense because he is the last one to defeat Adesanya.
I believe that Israel won the first battle. In the second battle, he outplayed Alex until he fell into a knockout. They fought in kickboxing, and now they will fight in MMA, and Adesanya has more skills in his arsenal. The only thing he has to be wary of is Pereira's left hook," Thompson told Middle Easy.
