Robert Whittaker didn’t expect Alex Pereira to fight for a UFC title so soon. After just three octagon wins, including a first-round knockout of Sean Strickland at UFC 276, Pereira (6-1 MMA, 3-0 UFC) is next in line for middleweight champion Israel Adesanya. Whittaker (23-6 MMA, 14-4 UFC) understands that the UFC’s fast track of Pereira came due to his kickboxing history with Adesanya , where he beat “The Last Stylebender” twice, once by knockout. But Whittaker thinks there were multiple style matchups Pereira could have gone through before getting a shot at gold
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