Israel Adesanya rates Alex Pereira only 6 on a "threat meter", looks forward to clash × Follow Us Create Notifications New User posted their first comment this is comment text Link Approve Reject & ban Delete Log in Manage your profile Editing Story Queue Video Queue Editing Stats Writer Home SEO Redirection Admin Gaming Wiki Edits Taxonomy Home Edit Site Menu Mapping Dashboard Tag Pages Community Social Feed Queue Feed Center Notification Center Affiliate Home Manage Pages Bottom Tagline Dash Timeless Stories Logout MMA UFC News There s one thing he s really good at - Israel Adesanya rates Alex Pereira only 6 on a threat meter looks forward to clash By Rafael Bandayrel Modified 07 Sep 2022 Follow Us Comment Share Israel Adesanya (left) & Alex Pereira (right) Israel Adesanya doesn't seem too worried about his next title challenger Alex Pereira. This is despite having lost to the Brazilian striker twice during their professional kickboxing days. Adesanya is confident that in an MMA fight, Pereira isn't much of a formidable foe. Rating his opponent's threat level on a scale of one to 10, 'The Last Stylebender' gave 'Poatan' a six. "Threat meter, to be honest, as an MMA fighter... I'll give him a six, if I'm being honest...Completely honest: threat meter six. There's one thing he's really good at. It's that left hook and that's what he catches many people with. He's not going to catch me with a flying knee." As far as Adesanya is concerned, Pereira only has one deadly weapon in his arsenal – his left hook. The Brazilian put 'The Last Stylebender' to sleep with the same punch several years back. Watch Alex Pereira's knockout of Israel Adesanya: UFC on BT Sport@btsportufcThe only man to stop Israel Adesanya is now in the UFC.Alex Pereira knocked out the middleweight champ in the Stylebender's last kickboxing match.Poatan makes his MMA debut at UFC 268 1184118The only man to stop Israel Adesanya is now in the UFC.Alex Pereira knocked out the middleweight champ in the Stylebender's last kickboxing match.Poatan makes his MMA debut at UFC 268 https://t.co/4qLis4dndm However, Adesanya is confident that he won't fall for it this time around. The reigning 185-pound king believes that taking his opponent's best weapon away reduces Pereira to nothing more than an ineffective fighter: "Left hook, that's the main thing to look forward to... Yeah, if I can take care of that, I can take care of everything else." Watch Israel Adesanya's interview in the clip below: Israel Adesanya explains why he welcomes Alex Pereira fight Israel Adesanya is set to defend his middleweight title against Alex Pereira in the main event of UFC 281 in November. Pereira is a relative newcomer to the sport, with just three fights in the UFC and a total of seven professional MMA bouts. Critics believe that 'Poatan' needs to prove himself before he challenges for the title. However, Adesanya didn't seem to have a problem with his former rival getting fast-tracked to the championship scene. Instead, the Nigerian-born Kiwi even revealed that he welcomes the matchup. The UFC middleweight champ told SportsCenter: "After he beat me in Brazil, I never had any plans of trying to get revenge or anything like that because I don’t hold on to things, I let go of things. But again, I’m telling you, the universe has presented this to me and it’s right there. The perfect alley-oop, and I’m going to slam this b****." 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