Israel Adesanya's live reaction to Alex Pereira's knockout of Jiri Prochazka at UFC 303 was recorded here.
UFC 303 took place last Saturday, June 29th at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The event was headlined by a light heavyweight title rematch between current champion Alex Pereira (11-2 MMA) and former champion Jiri Prochazka (30-5 MMA), which resulted in a TKO victory for “Poitan” at 0:13 of the second round (watch it here).
Israel Adesanya and Alex Pereira each have their own history, with the two rivals having fought twice in the Octagon. The first time was at UFC 281 in November 2022, when Pereira defeated Adesanya by TKO in the fifth round, and the second time was at UFC 287 in April 2023, when Adesanya got revenge by knocking out Pereira at 4 minutes, 21 seconds into the second round.
At the very least, Adesanya is keeping an eye on Pereira's career.
Israel Adesanya said in a video posted to his Freestyle Bender YouTube channel while watching UFC 303 with a friend:
“Shit, that's bad. Oh, that's bad, shit.”
“This card is cursed.”Then he turned to his brother and said, “The juju didn't work.”
Currently, Israel Adesanya (24-3 MMA) is preparing to face current champion Dorricus du Plessis (21-2 MMA) in a middleweight title fight at UFC 305 on Saturday, August 17 at RAC Arena in Perth, Australia.
Du Plessis has won all seven of his fights since signing with the organization, most recently defeating Sean Strickland (29-6 MMA) to win the middleweight title at UFC 297 in January of this year.
Adesanya has won two of his last four fights inside the Octagon and will look to regain his title with a victory at UFC 305.
Would you like to see Israel Adesanya vs. Alex Pereira III in the future? Do you have any predictions for the Adesanya vs. du Plessis fight?
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