Sean Strickland thinks Alex Pereira is the second coming of Chuck Liddell.
UFC 320 noticed ‘Poatan’ reclaim the 205-pound crown, scoring an incredible 80-second knockout towards Magomed Ankalaev within the night’s headliner.
Strickland, who is aware of a factor or two concerning the sort of energy Pereira possesses, likened ‘Poatan’ to a different UFC gentle heavyweight legend throughout an interview with MMA Junkie.
“The man has a loss of life 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 loss of life 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 struggle, dude,” Strickland continued. “We’re doing three arduous rounds and I one way or the other managed to not get hit with any huge pictures, 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 struggle, and this man is simply mauling Alex, throwing overhands, has him in his cage and about like midway by way of the spherical, Alex identical to touches him with an uppercut, and the spherical’s finished. After which Alex identical to—I imply, he might have f*cking blew on him and knocked him over, and identical to that sort of energy. It simply—I imply, you bought to be like what a 6’4″ large f*cking Brazilian I assume.”
What’s subsequent for Pereira stays to be seen, nevertheless it seems like a shot at becoming the UFC’s first-ever three-division champion could also be on the docket.
