During an appearance on The MMA Hour with Ariel Helwani, Glover Teixeira was asked for a timeline as to when his teammate – highly accomplished kickboxing star Alex Pereira – could fight Israel Adesanya. Pereira holds a pair of victories over Adesanya in the sport of kickboxing and is the only fighter to have knocked out the “Last Stylebender” in professional combat sports.
Glover Teixeira praised Alex Pereira for his impressive second-round TKO win in his UFC debut at UFC 268. The 42-year-old indicated that Pereira is a quick learning martial artist. He highlighted what an average person would take six months to learn, Pereira would grasp in just a month or a week. Teixeira stated:
You can watch Glover Teixeira address a possible Alex Pereira vs. Israel Adesanya UFC fight in the video below:
Glover Teixeira is likely to defend his UFC light heavyweight against Jiri Prochazka next
Glover Teixeira defeated Jan Blachowicz via second-round submission at UFC 267 last month to win the UFC light heavyweight title.
With Blachowicz out of the title picture for the time being, fighters such as Jiri Prochazka, Magomed Ankalaev, Aleksandar Rakic, Thiago Santos and others are eyeing a title shot against Teixeira.
UFC president Dana White has indicated that Jiri Prochazka could receive a title shot against Glover Teixeira next. The fight’s likely to take place in 2022 but hasn’t been confirmed yet.
On the other hand, Israel Adesanya is scheduled to defend his UFC middleweight title in a rematch against Robert Whittaker at UFC 271 on February 12th, 2022. Meanwhile, Alex Pereira’s next opponent and exact comeback date are yet to be revealed.
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