Former two-division UFC champion Daniel Cormier estimated the level of protection from the fight of the promotion's middleweight champion Alexa Pereira.
“When you saw how Adesanya kept Pereira on the ground for so long, you started to wonder if he could handle the fighter. Don't forget that Pereira got taken down because of his mistakes. These were not Adesanya's attacks, after which he transferred him to the ground. I'm a simple guy: I saw Alex Pereira - and I'm fighting him. You can find related videos. When I run into a fighter, I always try to grab his leg. When I grabbed Pereira's leg, this dude was strong. He seems to understand how to defend against takedowns. I tell you: I grabbed him, and Pereira has an understanding of how to defend himself when they try to transfer him to the stalls. It could be a disaster for the middleweights if they can't take this dude down, because we've seen him take down the best middleweight striker in the UFC since Anderson Silva."
