Sean O'Malley predicts that Israel Adesanya will use his fight against Alex Pereira at UFC 287.

Sean O’Malley He believes. Israel Adsaniya It finally hits Alex Pereira this week.

In November, Adesanya defended his UFC middleweight title against Nemesis in the main event. UFC 281. Pereira, who has two victories over Adesanya in kickboxing, was able to achieve similar success in MMA, stopping “The Last Stylebender” in the fifth round to capture the belt. Now the two are set to run it back in the main event. UFC 287And O’Malley believes Adesanya doesn’t need all that to win against Pereira.

“Tell us, Izzy. Finish it, son,” O’Malley said. Timbo Sugar Show. “I think he’s going to come out and fight. I feel like he’s going to come out, maybe get a couple of good takedowns – come out, wrestle him, put him on his back, really make him think. Maybe [Pereira] He can’t go much further. who knows? You never know. Some of the cool little things that people do in the gym are never done in a fight. They are great at the gym. They hit him a lot, but they never put him in a fight – and then boom, they rip him out.

While Adesanya had some success fighting Pereira in his first MMA fight, he was good on his feet before the finish. Adesanya hurt Perera badly at the end of the first round but was unable to follow up before the end of the round.

Given how much weight Pereira lost to make the 185-pound limit, O’Malley thinks Adesanya can do it again, only this time he’ll get the finish.

“How much does it weigh? [Pereira] cut down? “If Izzy is losing that much weight, he shouldn’t be clean that often,” O’Malley said. “If that mom is cutting 20 pounds, 25 pounds a week, your chin will go, your brain will bleed.” [goes]He said.

UFC 287 takes place this Saturday at the Cassia Arena in Miami.

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