Sean Strickland thinks Alex Pereira is the second coming of Chuck Liddell.
UFC 320 noticed ‘Poatan’ reclaim the 205-pound crown, scoring an unimaginable 80-second knockout towards Magomed Ankalaev within the night’s headliner.
Strickland, who is aware of a factor or two concerning the form of energy Pereira possesses, likened ‘Poatan’ to a different UFC gentle heavyweight legend throughout an interview with MMA Junkie.
“The man has a demise punch, dude,” Strickland mentioned. “Like, f*ck a dude. Like Ankalaev dude, he got here and educated with us, so he’s so f*cking good, dude. However like Alex simply has that factor that like comes as soon as in a lifetime. Like Chuck Liddell had it. There’s some guys that simply have that demise punch. That’s Alex. And I’ll offer you an instance.”
“So I’m sparring with Alex in Connecticut and we’re having a f*cking battle, dude,” Strickland continued. “We’re doing three arduous rounds and I in some way managed to not get hit with any large pictures, and I’m strolling away actual—like I’m useless drained. I’m strolling away actually good, and so they deliver on this fairly high-level wrestler, and this man is simply f*cking mauling Alex on spherical 4. Thoughts you, this man’s contemporary.
“Me and Alex simply had a three-round f*cking battle, and this man is simply mauling Alex, throwing overhands, has him in his cage and about like midway by means of the spherical, Alex similar to touches him with an uppercut, and the spherical’s executed. After which Alex similar to—I imply, he might have f*cking blew on him and knocked him over, and similar to that form of energy. It simply—I imply, you bought to be like what a 6’4″ big f*cking Brazilian I assume.”
What’s subsequent for Pereira stays to be seen, nevertheless it feels like a shot at turning into the UFC’s first-ever three-division champion could also be on the docket.
