“This guy is really a very strong fighter!” the Irishman wrote on the social network. “His fights with Izzy are a hell of a rivalry! I look forward to its continuation. Izzy is so close to winning every time. In a fight with no time limit, Izzy would have retained the title. I’m excited about what’s to come.”
On November 12 at UFC 281 in New York, Alex Pereira took away the championship belt from Israel Adesanya, finishing the Nigerian by technical knockout in the fifth round. In the past, the Brazilian defeated Adesanya twice in kickboxing fights, in one of which he sent him to a deaf knockout.