Former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Glover Teixeira, now mentor to the current title holder Alexa Pereira, expressed the opinion that the former leader of the middle division Israel Adesanya does not want to once again share the octagon with his ward.
“I don’t want to talk nonsense because I’m not one of those guys, but Adesanya doesn’t want to fight Pereira. Israel is now in an excellent position, he has a lot of money. I'm not saying he's afraid. If he wasn't a champion in the past, he would definitely step up and fight Alex for that belt, but he's on top of the world.
He probably wants special fights now, easier opponents. To go out and fight someone from the previous generation, an ex-champion, maybe Anderson Silva or Paulo Costa again. But definitely not with Pereira, especially in the light heavyweight division,” MMA Fighting quotes Teixeira.
Let us remind you that earlier Pereira and Adesanya had four fights in kickboxing and MMA, three of which ended in favor of the Brazilian.
