Daniel Cormier thinks Alex Pereira made a mistake by calling out Israel Adesanya . Pereira (9-2 MMA, 6-1 UFC) issued Adesanya a challenge after he knocked out Jiri Prochazka to claim the vacant light heavyweight title in this past Saturday’s UFC 295 headliner at Madison Square Garden. He accomplished the feat of becoming a two-weight UFC champion, something Adesanya failed to do. Adesanya (24-3 MMA, 13-3 UFC) laughed off Pereira’s callout , claiming he is living “rent free” in his head . Although Adesanya recently knocked out Pereira at UFC 287 , he’s no longer middleweight champion after a surprise lopsided loss to Sean Strickland at UFC 293 . So by calling out Adesanya, Cormier thinks Pereira just gave him the upperhand again.
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