The rivalry between Israel Adesanya and current middleweight champ Alex Pereira has been one of the most longstanding ones in combat sports history. What started off as an enmity centered inside the kickboxing ring, eventually found its way to the UFC canvas on November 2022, which ended up with the New Zealander getting knocked out and losing his middleweight title.

Following the loss, Adesanya now has his sights set on claiming his crown back from the Brazilian at UFC 287. Heading into the fight, the former champ clearly has exuded only confidence despite the fact that he has lost thrice to Pereira, with two of them coming in devastating KOs. This confidence is clearly on the show in his social media posts, especially the most recent one. In a series of training photos, Adesanya took a sly dig at Pereira as he posted an image resembling the Brazilian getting hit, followed by a still of Pereira himself.

Twitter reacts to Israel Adesanya’s post taking a dig at Alex Pereira 

Fans naturally reacted to the tweet by Adesanya. While some of his fans rooted for him to finally defeat Brazilian and bring home the middleweight crown, others thrashed him, claiming that he would lose yet again.

Pereira’s fans clearly didn’t take a liking to the post by Adesanya.

One ardent fan of the New Zealander pointed out a classic fight between Rampage Jackson and Wanderlei Silva in a bid to motivate Adesanya.

There were a few fans of the former champ, who felt that he was always a better fighter than the Brazilian.

Apart from the evident love, a few haters also joined in on the party.

One fan of the middleweight even had some life advice too.

Despite the fact the people have continued to slander him because of the losses, Izzy clearly hasn’t lost any bit of belief in himself. And his ability to take a jibe at the man who beat him every time they faced is a clear sign of that.

Adesanya and Pereira set to rematch at UFC 287

Not even six months after they fought each other at UFC 281, the long-time rivals are set to clash yet again on April 2023. The bout will be taking place in Florida and has quite an exciting number of matchups on the main card. Despite his last loss, Adesanya still heads into the bout as confident as ever. Although will he be able to pull off a technical masterclass yet again is a question that is up in the air.

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Do you think Adesanya can finally claim a win over Pereira? Or will Pereira finally beat the man once again? Let us know in the comment section below.

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