“Alex Can’t Give Izzy a Break”: UFC Fans React as Alex Pereira Follows Israel Adesanya to Another Venture

Alex Pereira became the middleweight champion at UFC 281 after defeating Israel Adesanya. This might have been ‘The Last Stylebender’s first loss to Alex Pereira in the UFC, but the ‘Poatan’ has dominated Adesanya in some other competitions. The Brazilian holds a 2-0 record over Adesanya in Glory Kickboxing. Including the three fights across promotions, Pereira has completed his trilogy of victories over the high-flying ‘stylebender’. Adesanya, on the other hand, has not been able to find a reply, and now he faces Alex Pereira in another duel.

Israel Adesanya has a popular YouTube channel called ‘FREESTYLEBENDER’. The channel has massive 893k followers. Alex Pereira has now announced his own YouTube channel and fans are looking at it, keeping the rivalry in mind. Alex Pereira shared his first video from his YouTube channel that appeared to be a reaction to his fight with Israel Adesanya and fans had plenty to say about his YouTube debut.

Fans did not expect Pereira to come after Israel Adesanya in the YouTube world

As ‘Poatan’ announced his YouTube Channel on Instagram, fans reacted. A user said, “Bro even followed him to YouTube”,

Another user who thought similarly posted, “Israel Adesanya: has a youtube channel. Alex Perreira:”

As Pereira was seen doing a reaction video with Glover Teixeira, a fan commented, “Israel does reaction videos. Pereira“

The Adesanya vs Pereira rivalry has been discussed many times across platforms. A fan who was definitely keeping counts commented, “2-0 Glory , 1-0 UFC , 1-0 YouTube”.

Another user said, “Bro alex can’t give izzy a break, he’s even hunting him even in yt.

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While most users were focused on the ‘Izzy’ vs ‘Poatan’ rivalry, a few users had some suggestions for Pereira. The videos shared by Pereira were in Portuguese and fans demanded subtitles.

A fan commented, “We need subtitles alex! “

Another fan wrote, “I don’t know if Alex is managing his own page but man we really need subtitles on his stuff.”

The biggest upset in 2022, Pereira vs. Adesanya

Back in 2022, Israel Adesanya and Alex Pereira had given fans an exciting clash. The fighters squared off against each other at UFC 281. Adesanya was the favorite to win and defend his middleweight title. Things didn’t fall into place, though. After a riveting fight for the first four rounds.

A full cylinder attack from Pereira downed the kiwi fighter in the fifth round. The middleweight title went to Alex ‘Poatan’ Pereira. Fans will hope that Israel Adesanya will find a way to break the ‘Poatan jinx’ in 2023. At least he has a solid head-start in the YouTube world.

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