SUMMARY
- Alex Pereira beat Jiri Prochazka to win the UFC light heavyweight title at UFC 295
- Alex Pereira calls out Israel Adesanya for a light heavyweight fight
The UFC light heavyweight division has a new champion and his name is Alex Pereira. Poatan beat former light heavyweight champion Jiri Prochazka to make history in the Madison Square Garden.
The fight started with an intense stare-down between two of the scariest UFC fighters. Alex Pereira landed brutal leg kicks in round 1, which forced Prochazka to make quick adjustments in his game plan.
Prochazka took Pereira down with nearly 3 minutes remaining in the round. Despite, Pereira’s solid ground defense the former LHW champion landed some nasty elbows and earned enough control time to arguably win the round.
However, in the 2nd round, Prochazka got into a striking battle with the former Glory kickboxing champion and paid the price for it. Prochazka did hurt Pereira in round 2. But, in the end, it was Pereira who landed a left hook followed by vicious elbows in the clinch while Prochazka was going for the takedown.
Alex Pereira calls out Israel Adesanya for a light heavyweight title fight
Alex Pereira should be defending his LHW title against Jamahal Hill next. However, Hill might have to wait for a little longer considering Poatan’s call out at UFC 295.
The newly crowned light heavyweight champion called out Israel Adesanya for a third UFC fight. During his post-fight interview, Pereira stated: “Hey Adesanya, come to daddy”
Israel Adesanya picked Alex Pereira to lose against Jiri Prochazka
Israel Adesanya has a long rivalry with Alex Pereira that dates back to his Glory kickboxing days. Even though he has shared praises for the Brazilian he predicted Pereira to lose at UFC 295.
Besides that, Adesanya also picked Jan Blachowicz to beat Alex Pereira on his light heavyweight debut. However, Pereira keeps proving Adesanya wrong and now he wants to avenge his KO loss against Adesanya at 205.
After losing the middleweight title to Sean Strickland, Israel Adesanya wants a long layoff from the fight game. And Adesanya does not seem too interested in another fight against Pereira despite his win at UFC 295. Izzy responded to Pereira’s call out with a picture of Poatan getting knocked out from their UFC rematch.
Let it gooooo 🎶 pic.twitter.com/gv9ZYliKwH
— Israel Adesanya (@stylebender) November 12, 2023
Even if Alex Pereira does not get to avenge his loss against Adesanya he has proven himself to be one of the best fighters on the UFC roster.
With his win at UFC 295, Alex Pereira joins Conor McGregor, Daniel Cormier, Amanda Nunes, Jon Jones, and Henry Cejudo to become a two-division UFC champion. And the most impressive part of Pereira’s journey is he has beaten 4 former and current UFC champions so far.
With his LHW title win, Alex Pereira has certainly done enough to cement his legacy as one of the most accomplished UFC fighters of all time.