Israel Adesanya and Alex Pereira have waged struggle loads of instances with each other between their time in kickboxing and MMA. However at UFC 312 in Australia, the longtime rivals gave the impression to be at peace, because the pair have been sitting subsequent to one another viewers.
After photos emerged of the 2 stars seated collectively, a video confirmed Pereira flipping the digital camera to Adesanya, with the man former UFC middleweight champion calmly exclaiming, “Chama” — the catchphrase of the present UFC gentle heavyweight king.
Israel Adesanya, Alex Pereira Seated Subsequent To One One other Throughout UFC 312
Adesanya and Pereira fought twice in kickboxing. Pereira received each fights, as soon as by way of determination and the opposite by way of knockout.
Pereira, who went on to win championships in GLORY Kickboxing, transitioned over to MMA full time and fought Adesanya twice there. Their first assembly got here at UFC 281 in November 2022, with Pereira scoring a comeback fifth-round end to win the UFC middleweight championship.
Adesanya lastly scored a win and regained the title when he went on to knock out Pereira at UFC 287 5 months later.
Their careers have gone in reverse instructions since. Pereira has develop into the champion at 205 kilos, defeating the likes of Jiří Procházka, Jamahal Hill, and Khalil Rountree. “The Final Stylebender,” in the meantime, dropped the middleweight title in upset style to Sean Strickland, didn’t regain the belt towards Dricus Du Plessis, and was knocked out by Nassourdine Imavov final week at UFC Saudi Arabia.
