Joe Rogan Once Accused Alex Pereira of “Sanctioned Cheating” Over One Aspect in Israel Adesanya Fight

Alex Pereira might be one of the most ruthless fighters in the history of UFC. ‘Poatan’s career might have been short in UFC but he has made essential noise across the UFC realm as a formidable fighter. In his six fights under the UFC banner ‘Poatan” has already defeated formidable former champions as well as earned the coveted middleweight belt and now looking at the light heavyweight belt.

Pereira is slated to headline the UFC 295 event with Jiri Prochazka. Both of the fighters are slated to face each other for the light-heavyweight title. Amid the hubbub, we are reminded that Joe Rogan once accused Pereira of cheating. let us find out what has Rogan stated.

Joe Rogan once termed Alex Pereira as a systematic cheat

Alex Pereira’s social media featured a photo on the day he entered the octagon to face Israel Adesanya for the third time at UFC 281. In the picture, Pereira tipped the scales at a hefty 211.4 pounds. This marked a significant 26.4 pounds over the Middleweight championship weight limit, and it’s possible that he was even heavier when he made his way into the cage on the night of the UFC 281 fight.

Joe Rogan upon this analysis at that time deemed Pereira’s techniques to be systematically cheating. While in conversation with Steve-O, Rogan said “He certainly gets above that between fights. And he has a hard time making 185. It’s a bulls— thing. It’s basically sanctioned cheating. It really is. But, everybody does it.

Rogan further added ” [Israel Adesanya] barely does it, When Izzy moved up to fight Jan Blachowicz at Light Heavyweight he weighed 194, which is crazy because Blachowicz is a giant Light Heavyweight. Blachowicz is a big powerful guy.”

Rogan asserted that Pereira’s weight cut doesn’t make sense since he is way bigger for his division. down in the conversation, Rogan had claimed that this weight-cut process might become a hindrance for him in the future.

Rogan was concerned about Pereira’s career

Joe Rogan further down in the conversation stated that this weight cut might be unbearable for Pereira in the long run because he is bigger than most of the fighters out there. It should be noted that Rogan stated this fact when Pereira was in the middleweight division.

Rogan stated ” He’s so big for the weight class, which really wears you out, that weight cut,” Rogan said. “It’s a big weight cut. And with wrestling, he’s gonna have issues. Because he’s not a grappler, that’s not his forte. And he’s getting better at grappling, but when Izzy takes you to the ground and Izzy controls you, that’s not his forte, either.”

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