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Photo: Instagram/Israel Adesanya Israel Adesanya and Alex Pereira have a storied rivalry, and while another fight between the two seems unlikely at the moment, Adesanya has expressed his willingness to engage in an MMA trilogy bout if Pereira becomes the champion in his new weight division. Adesanya emerged victorious in their most recent encounter at UFC 287, finally overcoming Pereira after suffering a title fight loss at UFC 281 and two previous kickboxing defeats to the Brazilian striker. Pereira, a former two-division champion in Glory Kickboxing, is set to face Jan Blachowicz in the light heavyweight division at UFC 291 on July 29. Adesanya, who faced Blachowicz and lost during one of the Polish fighter's successful title defenses, shared some advice with Pereira during a recent airport encounter. Photo: Instagram/Israel Adesanya Adesanya believes Pereira has the potential to knock out Blachowicz, cautioning him to be wary of the former champion's patience due to Pere...

Photo: Instagram/ Israel Adesanya  Israel Adesanya 's victory over Alex Pereira at UFC 287 has stunned the MMA world, as he defeated his personal nemesis who had beaten him twice in their kickboxing careers and once with a fifth-round shocker at UFC 281. Adesanya's win against Pereira was likely the sweetest victory of his career, and he celebrated by mimicking Pereira's arrow celebration, firing multiple imaginary arrows into his fallen opponent, and unleashing a scream. The former UFC middleweight champion, once again became the current UFC middleweight champion and became the first two-time middleweight champion in UFC history, and tied his idol Anderson Silva for the most knockouts in UFC middleweight history with 13. Photo: Instagram/Israel Adesanya  Adesanya had defended his title against five different challengers and already had a track to the UFC Hall of Fame, but found greatness once again in the second round. Pereira seemed to break through Adesanya's defens...