A large chunk of UFC fans might agree that it must have been really hard for the former UFC Middleweight champion, Alex Pereira, to get over his defeat against his archrival Israel Adesanya at UFC 287. Further, some constant online trolling from ‘Izzy’ after his victory over Pereira made things even harder for him. But, a recent video on ‘Poatan’s’ own YouTube channel revealed that he was still keeping an eye on the events surrounding his archrival, Adesanya, and the UFC Middleweight championship.

Numerous UFC fans might already be aware that the promotion has worked out a Dricus Du Plessis vs Robert Whittaker bout, which could also be called a virtual title eliminator. Reportedly, the victor of this bout will get the next shot at ‘Izzy’s’ Middleweight championship. ‘Poatan’ dissected the situation and gave out his opinion about who ‘Izzy’ might want as his opponent for his next title defense. Further, he also backed Whittaker, in order to make him believe that “Adesanya’s not invincible”.

Alex Pereira asked Robert Whittaker to take inspiration from him

Apparently, Pereira considered ‘The Reaper’ to be the favorite to win the virtual title eliminator bout. He also knew that ‘The Reaper’ currently held a 0-2 record against ‘The Last Stylebender’. Hence, he provided some motivation to ‘Izzy’s’ next possible opponent.

The translation of Pereira’s Portuguese words read, “Whittaker already knows that it’s difficult[to beat Adesanya]. In my opinion, he had two hard fights even getting knocked out in the first fight”. But he also appreciated Whittaker’s improvement, saying, “The second fight was already a harder fight”.

‘Poatan’ also placed his belief in ‘The Reaper’ stating, “I’m sure Whittaker will be better in the third fight”. Pereira also described how Whittaker, who now knew, “Adesanya is not an invincible guy” would be “very dangerous” in his trilogy bout against ‘Izzy’.

He also went into further details as he said, “He[Adesanya] loses. He already lost a few times in kickboxing and I showed that in MMA. For sure, this will give Whittaker more confidence”.

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It was apparent that Pereira wanted to serve as Whittaker’s motivation to defeat ‘The Last Stylebender’ like him.

Alex Pereira also opined who Israel Adesanya might want as his next opponent

‘The Brazilian’ also put out a picture of how the virtual title eliminator might unfold. He also presented his opinion on how Dricus Du Plessis would be a much easier opponent for ‘Izzy’. ‘Poatan’ also described how Adesanya would want Du Plessis to be his next opponent.

He stated, “He[Adesanya] wants to make history and collect wins,” and for that purpose, Du Plessis would be a “good fight for him”.

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Some fans might get an indication of the bitter rivalry between the two from this video. Although Pereira failed to defeat ‘The Last Stylebender’ in his final outing, he still wants others to beat Adesanya and even motivate them.

Can you remember of any other rivalry which went to this extent of bitterness?