Combat sports fans were treated to an amazing fight in London as Joe Joyce took on Zhilei Zhang. The fight ended in favor of the Chinese fighter as the home crowd expressed their disappointment at seeing the favorite lose out to Zhang. The Chinese fighter certainly made a statement as he won an important fight in his career. However, that is not the only aspect that is going viral.

‘Big Bang’ was seen sparring with none other than former UFC middleweight champion Alex Pereira. Furthermore, Zhang also got a callout from a former Tyson Fury opponent following an impressive win.

Alex Pereira sparred with Zhilei Zhang

Ariel Helwani shared the image of Zhang sparring with Alex Pereira on his Twitter account. The MMA journalist wrote, “Zhang was sparring with Pereira just weeks ago. (H/t @afeldMMA)”

In another tweet, Helwani also reported the scenes that happened in London. He shared the video of the inspection of the eye of Joe Joyce when the bout was declared in favor of Zhilei Zhang.

Helwani wrote, “Mad scenes in London”

It truly was evxhilirating as described by Helwani. The bout in London went in favor of Zhilei Zhang thus putting a dent in Joe Joyce’s charge of world title hopes. The sixth-round doctor stoppage saw the referee bring the fight to an end due to a swollen eye.

Furthermore, British Boxer Derek Chisora was also impressed upon seeing TKO in London. Chisora called out the “Chinese Power”. 

Zhilei Zhang has impressed the entire world with his win over Joe Joyce. However, there are some fans that couldn’t get over seeing him train with Alex Pereira.

Fans have given their befitting reaction to Alex Pereira sparring with Zhang

The fans went crazy upon seeing the former UFC champ spar with Zhilei Zhang. They took to Ariel Helwani’s post to react to the image.

A fan wanted to see the video. Also, they also praised the winner of the bout.

One fan saw the similarities between Israel Adesanya and Zhilei Zhang.

Some of the fans also joked about the image of the two sparring.

Similarly, another fan added their hilarious take.

Furthermore, a fan added their opinion of the bout. They said Pereira could also beat Joyce.

However, another fan mentioned Pereira’s loss to Adesanya in the comments.

A fan also stated, “Wrong guys got the headgear on here”.

A fan also asked in Pereira got knocked out after seeing Zhang perform in London.

The fans thoroughly enjoyed the cross-over of the two athletes that had contrasting results in between a week.

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