Sean Strickland was impressed by Alex Pereira ’s finish of Israel Adesanya at UFC 281. Pereira (7-1 MMA, 4-0 UFC) rallied to stop Adesanya by TKO in Round 5 this past Saturday at Madison Square Garden to claim the middleweight title. Strickland (25-4 MMA, 12-4 UFC) felt Pereira’s power himself when he was on the receiving end of a left-hook knockout at UFC 276 , but he expected Adesanya to have the footwork to evade Pereira’s power
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