The heat for UFC 281 has started as both Israel Adesanya and the challenger Alex Pereira gear for their third showdown. While their first two bouts came in a different sport altogether, the psychological advantage lies with the Brazilian. Further, the Sao Paulo fighter hit back at the champion as he made fun of Pereira’s last fight and declared to expose him at UFC 281.

Interestingly, Adesanya is not the first fighter to mock the Brazilian fighter. The last person to do so was Sean Strickland. The result? Strickland laid face flat on the mat at UFC 276.

Alex Pereira’s scathing reply to Adesanya’s revelation

The middleweight fighter took to Instagram to express his displease at Isreal Adesanya’s mockery of him. In the Instagram post, ‘Poatan’ posted a video of Strickland’s interview. However, the video followed with the cut scene where the 35-year-old fighter caught Strickland with his left punch and knocked him out.

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Toward the end of the video, a text appeared on the screen- “Full video to be continued Nov 13th”, alluding to the fate the current champion might endure.

In an interview with Dave Blakamoto, ‘The Last Stylebender’ talked about the upcoming event and the fight with his boogeyman. He jokingly stated that he would only employ jabs and kicks from his arsenal. Also, the champion pointed out that he had warned Strickland.

He said, “I tried to warn the f*****g hillbilly, but he didn’t listen to me.”

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The confident champion in another interview revealed his plans to expose the former Glory champion.

Israel Adesanya’s plan to expose Alex Pereira

In a conversation with Yahoo Sports’ Kevin Iole, Adesanya stated that the previous losses against ‘Poatan’ didn’t affect him. Also, the Nigerian fighter expressed his doubts about Pereira being a full-fledged MMA fighter.

Further, the 33-year-old champion declared that the only reason Pereira got the title fight was due to the history between them. In addition, the Auckland resident mentioned that Pereira’s vulnerabilities would have been exposed if he had a tougher path to the title.

He said, “But I’ll expose him [Alex Pereira]. I’ll expose him, yeah. He’s only here because of me, and it was favorable.”

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UFC Champion Israel Adesanya will defend his title at UFC 281 against Alex ‘Poatan’ Pereira at Madison Square Garden in New York City on November 12.

What do you think of this nasty reply by the challenger? Do you think that Pereira will be able to replicate his previous success at UFC 281? Let us know in the comments below.