{"id":389779,"date":"2022-05-25T20:26:47","date_gmt":"2022-05-25T20:26:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=389779"},"modified":"2022-05-25T20:26:47","modified_gmt":"2022-05-25T20:26:47","slug":"hes-a-dangerous-guy-very-tough-alex-pereira-targeting-an-all-out-brawl-against-sean-strickland-at-ufc-276","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/hes-a-dangerous-guy-very-tough-alex-pereira-targeting-an-all-out-brawl-against-sean-strickland-at-ufc-276\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cHe\u2019s a Dangerous Guy, Very Tough\u201d- Alex Pereira Targeting an All-Out Brawl Against Sean Strickland at UFC 276"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Israel Adesanya\u2019s biggest rival, Alex Pereira, spoke out on MMA Fighting\u2019s podcast and talked about his upcoming UFC 276 bout. Pereira is set to face Sean Strickland on the main card of UFC 276 and he\u2019s looking to make a massive statement that will set him up for a title shot.<\/p>\n<p>UFC 276 is also the same night where Israel Adesanya will look to defend his belt against Jared Cannonier in an all-action bout. This leaves the door wide open for Alex Pereira to make a massive move and solidify himself as the next contender in line despite a short UFC stint.<\/p>\n<p>Read More: <a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/luke-rockhold-gives-jared-cannonier-a-20-chance-against-israel-adesanya-hes-got-a-punchers-chance\/\">Luke Rockhold Gives Jared Cannonier a \u201820% Chance\u2019 Against Israel Adesanya: \u201cHe\u2019s Got a Puncher\u2019s Chance\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Alex Pereira wants to stretch it out in a brawl against Sean Strickland<\/h2>\n<p>Alex Pereira is a two-time GLORY kickboxing champion, and his skill set in the striking department is virtually unmatched. However, \u2018Poatan\u2019 revealed he\u2019s not chasing the knockout against Strickland, and instead wants to lace up the gloves and go to war.<\/p>\n<p>Pereira looks at the bout against Strickland as an opportunity to grow and truly equip himself for a potential five-round scrap that awaits him. Moreover, given his kickboxing credentials, Pereira will be well suited to testing himself on the mat.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2sMg2sKdO0E\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cHonestly, I\u2019m not thinking about a knockout,\u201d Pereira said on this week\u2019s episode of MMA Fighting podcast. \u201cIf it\u2019s a fight [that ends] by decision, winning clearly, I\u2019d prefer it. I want feel [the fight], you know? Just like the [Bruno Santos] fight \u2014 three rounds, a war, him trying to take me down and myself defending it. If I get taken down, I\u2019m getting back up and maybe taking him down as well.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">So does Sean Strickland beat Alex Pereira? \ud83e\udd14 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BvMIvaFcdY\">pic.twitter.com\/BvMIvaFcdY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ferguson\u2019s cardio (@CardioFerg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CardioFerg\/status\/1526854240315924480?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 18, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cHe\u2019s a dangerous guy, very tough,\u201d Pereira said of Strickland. \u201cBut, with my fighting style, I think it\u2019s a great fight for me. He comes forward willing to engage, you know? He wants to win. That motivates me a lot. I think my technique could be better than his.\u201d [h\/t <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2022\/5\/25\/23139713\/alex-pereira-prefers-clear-decision-instead-knockout-sean-strickland-many-openings-his-game-ufc-276\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mmafighting.com<\/a>]<\/em><\/p>\n<p>If both Adesanya and Pereira win their respective bouts at UFC 276, it\u2019s highly likely that the UFC will look to fast-track a fight between them. Both men share a history of competition and Alex Pereira is the only man to cleanly knockout \u2018The Last Stylebender\u2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Israel Adesanya\u2019s biggest rival, Alex Pereira, spoke out on MMA Fighting\u2019s podcast and talked about his upcoming UFC 276 bout. Pereira is set to face Sean Strickland on the main card of UFC 276 and he\u2019s looking to make a massive statement that will set him up for a title shot. UFC 276 is also [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":389780,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2006],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-389779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ufc"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389779","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=389779"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389779\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/389780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=389779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=389779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=389779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}