Adesanya: "Pereira does use magic in fights"

Former UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya commented on Jiri Prochazka's claim that Alex Pereira uses magic in his fights.

"What Jiri said is true. I was smashing Alex to pieces at UFC 281. And then he just beat me in the last round. That's his spirit. His ancestors or his people are praying for him. The way he is holding on shows that he knows how to come around," Adesanya told PowerfulJRE.

As a reminder, Pereira will defend his flyweight division title against Khalil Rountree in the main event of the UFC 307 show in Salt Lake City, USA on the night of October 6.