Michael Bisping thinks Alex Pereira might be the man to dethrone reigning UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya.
Pereira is 2-0 over Adesanya under kickboxing rules, KO’ing ‘The Last Stylebender’ in their second fight at Glory of Heroes 7 in ‘Poatan’s’ hometown of Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Pereira made the full-time switch to MMA after signing with the UFC in 2021, and the Brazilian knockout artist is already knocking on the door of title contention following a first-round knockout victory over top-ten middleweight Sean Strickland at UFC 276.
Here’s what Bisping had to say about Pereira’s chances against Adesanya in MMA during a recent episode of his podcast, Believe You Me (h/t MMA Fighting).