Sean Strickland thinks Alex Pereira is the second coming of Chuck Liddell.
UFC 320 noticed ‘Poatan’ reclaim the 205-pound crown, scoring an unbelievable 80-second knockout towards Magomed Ankalaev within the night’s headliner.
Strickland, who is aware of a factor or two in regards to the type of energy Pereira possesses, likened ‘Poatan’ to a different UFC gentle heavyweight legend throughout an interview with MMA Junkie.
“The man has a dying punch, dude,” Strickland stated. “Like, f*ck a dude. Like Ankalaev dude, he got here and educated with us, so he’s so f*cking good, dude. However like Alex simply has that factor that like comes as soon as in a lifetime. Like Chuck Liddell had it. There’s some guys that simply have that dying punch. That’s Alex. And I’ll provide you with an instance.”
“So I’m sparring with Alex in Connecticut and we’re having a f*cking conflict, dude,” Strickland continued. “We’re doing three onerous rounds and I by some means managed to not get hit with any massive photographs, and I’m strolling away actual—like I’m useless drained. I’m strolling away actually good, and so they deliver on this fairly high-level wrestler, and this man is simply f*cking mauling Alex on spherical 4. Thoughts you, this man’s contemporary.
“Me and Alex simply had a three-round f*cking conflict, and this man is simply mauling Alex, throwing overhands, has him in his cage and about like midway by the spherical, Alex identical to touches him with an uppercut, and the spherical’s carried out. After which Alex identical to—I imply, he may have f*cking blew on him and knocked him over, and identical to that type of energy. It simply—I imply, you bought to be like what a 6’4″ big f*cking Brazilian I suppose.”
What’s subsequent for Pereira stays to be seen, however it feels like a shot at changing into the UFC’s first-ever three-division champion could also be on the docket.
