Rael Adesanya has thought back on his Sunday morning defeat to Alex Pereira in the UFC 281.
In Madison Square Garden, the fighter from Nigeria shockingly lost to Pereira through a technical knockout in the fifth round.
This is my third battle in ten months; I’ve been doing this.
Adesanya remarked, “Every time I fight, I run the chance of losing what you people consider to be prestigious — which it is — the title and everything that.
He also emphasized how the fifth round was when everything started to go south.
He had a dead leg as a result of a kick to the calf.
My peroneal nerve was injured, which is why my footing was poor.
“I had to perform the roly poly even after I tripped and fell backward. I toppled over because I was thinking, “Oh sh—, it’s not like me.”
Adesanya continued, “So, kudos to him for investing in those calf kicks because it cost me.
In a further suggestion that he might accept a rematch against Pereira, he stated, “I’ll be back, it’s not over yet.”
