Damn more salt to the injury. Pereira must feel betrayed because of this. Chuck has been enjoying the party so much that he won a lot of money betting against Pereira while he is part of the team that trained Perera. But is the video even after Pereira's loss? Adesanya looks bigger these days, in this video, he seems skinny.
Videos like this are like a campaign for the rivals to really disrespect each other. And then there's one incident where Izzy mocks the son of Pereira just as the son did during the time when he lost against Alex in kickboxing.
Israel Adesanya Looks Buff in their 2nd match for sure because of the intense training he is doing, so yeah I think they are evenly matched but the thing is Adesanya really caught Alex Pereira off guard, well Chuck Liddell may have bet on Adesanya for him to party so hard like that, and I think the video was latest, and Israel Adesanya also said that there will be a party for sure, but surely I think Alex Pereira doesn't have a bad feeling about this Chuck is not his friend and is OK to party with anyone and make bets even on the opposite side for sure,
Yes, Izzy did a good job playing possum, but I think he was hurt prior to that with the calf kick. But then against Alex was to confident that he can just go and knockout Izzy, but as you have said, maybe Adesanya has played this part in his mind many times and so he come prepared with that quick right hand to the side of the head. And just like that it's fight is over.
Maybe we are going to see another fight, the magnitude of this rivalry is big.
Alex Pereira will take his time for sure he has lost with a knockout and he will take time to heal that punch to the head even though it is a 1-time punch multiple hit to the head is pretty much crucial, so pretty much any fighter will have to take a break even UFC will need to forcefully suspend a fighter to take a time off, but we will surely see them inside the Octagon in the future for sure,
Poor thinking for Pereira to believe that he will win a fight against a fighter as good as Israel Adesanya with the sam strategy he used formerly in defeating him. He underestimated Israel's ability to have developed from their last fight where he cornered Israel up with punches and there was nothing he could do, just like you said, Israel expected it and was ready. Israel knew the importance of this fight and was not just going to let Pereira win him again without working for it. I did not watch the fight but I saw some highlights and I say that in that last moment, It must have taken a lot of motivation for Israel to throw the right punch from a position of disadvantage, he really did not let himself down.
Good assessment Alex Pereira just underestimated Adesanya if he doesn't come up with another game plan to stop him, for sure Chuck Liddell and Glover Teixeira didn't anticipate something like this could happen and they didn't even teach Pereira some new moves or even wrestling moves to subdue Israel Adesanya, but surely both fighters will go with the stand-up always at the beginning of the fight for sure but the fight didn't go to the ground as expected because it is already finished in round 2,