March 24, 2023 4: 30 pm ET
Glover Teixeira states focus and awareness are the secret to Alex Pereira making yet another success over Israel Adesanya when they satisfy at UFC 287.
Pereira (7-1 MMA, 4-0 UFC) has tested to have Adesanya’s (23-2 MMA, 12-2 UFC) number throughout their 3 battle sports encounters. The ruling UFC middleweight champ has won twotimes in kickboxing and assoonas in MMA competitors.
The MMA win was the most high profile of the lot, with Pereira pulling off a sensational come-from-behind rally that saw him claim the 185-pound belt with a fifth-round TKO of Adesanya last November at UFC281 He’s now 3-0 in head-to-head matches, however Adesanya has perhaps won the frustrating bulk of the real battle time.
Teixeira, the justrecently retired previous UFC light heavyweight champ who serves as Pereira’s coach and coach, understands the next battle is mostlikely to be the most hard of the lot. He understands it’s going to take an extraordinary efficiency to win onceagain and stated execution hasactually been the secret focus