The rivalry between Israel Adesanya and Alex Pereira is one of the most exciting things in the world of combat sports. Furthermore, the bad blood between them stems from their kickboxing days, when they fought each other twice. While Pereira holds both victories over Izzy in kickboxing, they are still 1-1 in MMA. Recently, Adesanya teased an MMA trilogy on his Instagram account, which has got the fans talking.
Israel Adesanya shared an updated poster of UFC 298 with him and Pereira as the main event and Alexander Volkanovski and Ilia Topuria as the co-main event. Furthermore, the poster suggests that this match will be for Pereira’s newly won UFC Light Heavyweight title.
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Furthermore, the caption for the post says, “COME GET SUMM‼️‼️‼️”. The MMA fans looked very excited after seeing this poster from Adesanya. However, it looks like Izzy was just trolling everyone with this post. In the post, he has tagged a sports apparel brand named Engage and is promoting their Black Friday sale along with his buddy Volkanovski.
He posted a bunch of stories on Instagram promoting the apparel brand. Furthermore, in his last story, he posted a photo of him and Volkanovski laughing with the caption – “SIKE!!”. This looks like smart promotional tactics used by Adesanya to promote a brand and troll the fans at the same time. After seeing this post from Izzy, MMA fans went berserk in the comments section.
“You had us in the first half ngl,” said an Instagram user. Another MMA fan commented, “Trolling… but damn don’t do that, don’t give me hope“. Furthermore, one of the users commented, “What does this mean? WHAT DOES THIS MEAN??” A fan responded to the post that, “Definitely cap I don’t believe this Izzy is trolling”.
While Izzy is trolling for now, this trilogy in MMA looks inevitable. However, Adesanya has said that he will be taking a break until 2027, so it will be interesting to see how this one plays out.
Israel Adesanya responds to Alex Pereira’s callout
After his historic win at UFC 295, Alex Pereira decided to call out Israel Adesanya for a trilogy fight in MMA. “Adesanya, Come to daddy,” said ‘Poatan’ while calling Israel out. However, he also gave Adesanya credit for motivating him to make his MMA return.
Furthermore, he claimed that Adesanya taking a break until 2027 is a waste of talent. However, Izzy is having none of it, as he has been on a trolling spree on social media. While an X user was praising The Last Stylebender for speaking English for the first time, Izzy took it as a chance to troll his rival.
Like a son uttering his first words. 🍼🗿 pic.twitter.com/V7lcpLkzwD
— Israel Adesanya (@stylebender) November 13, 2023
He reposted an image of Alex from the UFC 295 callout with the caption, “Like a son uttering his first words.” However, this wasn’t enough, as he also posted a clip of him knocking out Pereira while writing the caption, “I got a LOT of properties…and it’s still rent free. Last time that I checked, you was (were)fucking SLEPT”.
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I got a LOT of properties…and it’s still rent free. 🤷🏾♂️ “Last time that I checked, you was fucking SLEPT‼️” 🥛🥛 #youarestillgroundedson #rentfree #hater #letsgolf pic.twitter.com/vSO9oLY3qG— Israel Adesanya (@stylebender) November 13, 2023
While Israel Adesanya is planning to take a break, it looks like this break will be short-lived. The way Izzy and Poatan are going back and forth with their insults, they will have to settle it in the octagon at some point in time. Furthermore, the trilogy will determine who is the better man in the world of MMA. What do you think about this rivalry? Let us know in the comments section.