“Man Lives to Destroy Izzy”: UFC World Reacts as Alex Pereira Throws Shade at Israel Adesanya’s Toy Collection

Mar 20, 2023 | 6:26 AM EDT

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Alex Pereira and Israel Adesanya are penciled in to lock horns for their UFC rematch at UFC 287 on April 8. Ahead of their second outing in Dana White’s promotion and fourth meeting in combined sports, the Brazilian is already executing the pre-fight psychological warfare on Adesanya. The reigning UFC middleweight champion has won all three fights against ‘The Last Stylebender’, and if that wasn’t enough, Pereira started trolling the New Zealander at every opportunity he got.

That aspect has found itself being a meme-worthy component of their rivalry on the internet. And seems like Alex Pereira is not mending his ways anytime soon.’Poatan’ is well-versed in how to get under Israel Adesanya’s skin and he did just that in his most recent activity where he put out a reaction video on Adesanya’s reaction to the most recent Leon Edwards vs. Kamaru Usman 3 at UFC 286, which marked the Englishman’s first successful title defense as he defeated ‘The Nigerian Nightmare’.

Upon reacting to Adesanya’s video how the Brazilian specifically pointed out his arch-rival’s toy collection. ‘The Last Stylebender’ is a big-time anime lover and hence, his space is bound to have belongings from his favorite shows. However, to Pereira, this was merely another opportunity to troll his arch-rival.

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This mockery by Pereira has drawn a range of reactions from the UFC fans who are blown away by the lengths the Brazilian is going in order to troll Adesanya with his mind games.

UFC fans are in hysteria over Alex Pereira trolling Israel Adesanya

Check out how the fans reacted to this move by ‘Poatan’:

Many of the fight fans loved the Brazilian’s reaction to Adesanya’s toys:

The funniest part without question. pic.twitter.com/6geavRZxjQ
— Tom (@TclarkIV) March 20, 2023

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4 D chess lmao
— Tim (@timguy223) March 20, 2023

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Bro the GOAT hater pic.twitter.com/64sMhT4ySx
— Michel Pereira's top control (@PereiraBackflip) March 20, 2023

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His reaction to Izzy’s toys was pretty hilarious tho 😂
— Aman (@Sidhu6_) March 20, 2023

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No words even spoken here but the level of disgust in this one movement from Pereira is cracking me up 🤣 https://t.co/IJj6610XOT pic.twitter.com/sL7wKAPs5M
— Mikey (@IronMikey85) March 20, 2023

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While many others just admire the lengths Pereira went to troll ‘The Last Stylebender’:

This man will follow izzy till the end of the earth biggest hater of all time 😂
— Vetrix (@Hzmework) March 20, 2023

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This man is a really life BULLY 😂😂😂
— 🏁UNBOTHERED🏁 (@iMxCarter) March 20, 2023

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Man lives to destroy Izzy. https://t.co/PxJq2HKstf
— RJ Boyer (@RJBoyer10) March 20, 2023

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Pereira is the funniest hater man🤣🤣🤣 bros purpose is to beat Adesanya at everything he does https://t.co/sxTlmTfEtu
— Mehdi K (@LordMK_7) March 20, 2023

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Alex is the biggest hater in mma history 😂😂😂 loved every bit of his reaction 😂😂
— israel______o (@isra13_o) March 20, 2023

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This is the most meta thing ever! I’m watching a man, watching a video of another man, watching a video. This is not content – this is an art project!
— Edwin (@edwinlicomedy) March 20, 2023

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The two will face off for the fourth time now at the next UFC event. Moreover, the pressure is on Israel Adesanya to avenge all the previous losses he has on his record from Pereira.

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On the other hand, this will be the Brazilian’s first title defense in the UFC. And he seems more than confident that the result this time won’t be any different from all of their past three outings. The stakes are high for both fighters. Nevertheless, tune in for UFC 287 on April 9, because you wouldn’t want to miss this rematch. What do you make of Pereira’s reaction to Adesanya’s video? Let us know in the comments section below.

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