“May Have Stopped His Career”: Israel Adesanya’s Painful Revelation Has UFC Fans Bashing Teammate for Almost Jeopardizing Alex Pereira Rematch

The UFC 287 main event between Israel Adesanya and Alex Pereira was a fight for the ages. The record-setting Miami PPV saw Adesanya knock out his archrival in spectacular fashion to reclaim the UFC middleweight title. However, according to a recent revelation from ‘The Last Stylebender,’ there was an injury that almost forced him to pull out of the grudge match.

Israel Adesanya beat Alex Pereira for the first time in his career at UFC 287. The pair had met three times before in their careers and the Brazilian won all of them. Hence, many expected Adesanya to have an uphill battle against the weight of those losses while facing ‘Poatan’ a fourth time.

While ‘Izzy’ showed no lack of confidence, there was something that bothered him, perhaps even more than the three losses to Pereira. In the first episode of ‘Rumble Young Man Rumble’ uploaded to his YouTube channel, Adesanya and his brother analyzed the Pereira rivalry and the buildup to UFC 287.

In this episode, they also showed Adesanya suffering an MCL tear in training. This injury could have forced Adesanya out of the fight and robbed the fans of a spectacle.

Fans react to Israel Adesanya picking up an injury in training

In the video, we see Israel Adesanya sparring with his partner. The sparring partner shoots for a takedown, which Adesanya defended easily. However, while they were in the clinch, the partner tried to trip him and caught him behind the knee. He successfully took down the champion, who immediately started groaning in pain and nursing his knee.

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Many fans were also not pleased with the way the sparring partner took Adesanya down. They shared their feelings in the comments under an IG post showing the clip.

Following are some of their reactions:

• Imagine sparring against a top guy and accidentally may have stopped his career😅my soul would cry
• No wonder those leg kicks were bothering him early. Izzy is a dawg
• no mercy for inconsiderate sparring partners
• DAMN!!! And got the job done in spectacular fashion.
• Why the hell did he go for a take down like that!??!!!
• Too high should 9f went lower and would’ve been fine
• Damn and he still KOd Poatan……..props to @stylebender
• Who does that sh*t in training camp especially when you’re tired and can be lazy about execution.
• Sh*t he definitely shouldn’t have sparred a week out too, way to dangerous
• why would his sparring partner try to take him down, knowing damn well that Pereira would never do that?

What are your thoughts on the tackle? Do you think the sparring partner is at fault here?

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