“They Were Crying..”: Israel Adesanya Reveals How Rival Alex Pereira’s Kids and Sister Reacted to His Viral KO at UFC 287

Israel Adesanya is one of the most trending names in the realm of MMA today. The middleweight champion proved his worth as an elite fighter after the recent UFC 287 victory. Adesanya defeated arch-nemesis Alex Pereira in one of the most anticipated UFC fights of the year.

Pereira had earlier defeated Adesanya at UFC 281 to shock the world and become the UFC Middleweight champ. However, Adesanya was finally able to settle the score at UFC 287 after a spectacular 2nd round KO. One of the biggest highlights of the fight was Stylebender’s post-fight celebration.

Israel Adesanya revealed how Alex Pereira’s sister reacted to the UFC 287 finish

As soon as Adesanya knocked Pereira out, he did the now-iconic bow and arrow celebration in front of him. This was not it, as Adesanya then looked at Pereira’s kids, who were in the crowd, and mocked them by mimicking their father’s knockout. Recently on his YouTube channel, Adesanya revealed how Poatan’s sister reacted to this.

Pereira’s two sons were in the crowd with his sister. According to Adesanya, Poatan’s sister was shielding his sons because their emotions got the better of them, and they started crying. However, this did not stop Stylebender from mocking Pereira’s sons with his celebration.

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“His sister, I think was holding them. Shielding them because they were crying. She looked at me. I think they looked at me and that’s when I was just like bang (proceeded with his celebration). And again, I don’t react, I respond.” It is worth noting that Periera’s elder son had also done the same thing when Pereira had KO’d Adesanya in their 2nd kickboxing fight.

An MMA Trilogy for Israel Adesanya and Alex Pereira

This was the fourth time that the two fighters faced each other. Poatan and Stylebender had earlier faced each other twice in the Glory Kickboxing promotion. Pereira had won both of those fights. Then, the two faced each other at UFC 281, where Pereira won for the third time.

Adesanya finally got his victory against Pereira at UFC 287. However, now fans want to see a third MMA fight between the two UFC stars. Pereira has moved to the light heavyweight division, and Israel Adesanya is already looking for fresh fighters to defend his title against.

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Adesanya has also shown interest in moving up to the light heavyweight division. He tried to move to the division in 2021 but failed as he lost to the then-light heavyweight champ Jan Blachowicz.

However, Adesanya has still not closed the door on the possibility of moving to the light heavyweight division. Do you think we can see a 3rd Adesanya vs Pereira fight in the light heavyweight division? Comment your thoughts below.