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UFC legend cools Khamzat Chimaev hype, backing Alex Pereira as the favorite in a potential superfight matchup.
After Dana White announced Jon Jones’ retirement, bringing to an end months of frustration as he refused to fight Tom Aspinall, the Briton was elevated to undisputed status. His reign did not get off to a good start in the main event of UFC 321, where Ciryl Gane badly poked Aspinall’s eye to cause a no-contest.
Joe Rogan recently discussed Israel Adesanya’s celebration and victory speech after ‘The Last Stylebender’ beat rival Alex Pereira at UFC 287.
Alex Pereira has thunderous hands, so it’s probably not the best idea to challenge the UFC champion to a spar. One training partner learnt the hard way when he traded blows with
Pereira appears to have been challenged to a hard spar by the man while training at Fusion X-Cel in Florida. And he delivered in spades, dropping his opponent to the body multiple times early in the footage and seemingly getting him to quit.
MMA legend Anderson Silva is preparing for another boxing match this Friday as he faces former UFC champion welterweight champion Tyron Woodley.