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… and to a lesser extent, his fighting style?
Alex has never been KO’d in his fighting career, prior to his loss against Adesanya last week.
Poatan only had 2 TKO losses.
In 2016, Alex Pereira got TKO’d by Artur Kyshenko (standing TKO, referee stopped the fight). No shame in that though, Kyshenko was considered one of the best active fighters at the time, an ATG kickboxer. Pereira got back in the win column seven months after this loss, knocking out Israel Adesanya.
Artur Kyshenko stopping Alex Pereira (timestamped):
All the way back in 2012, Alex Pereira got TKO’d by Jason Wilnis via leg kicks. Wilnis was the reigning defending It’s Showtime middleweight-champion at the time they fought, while Pereira was very green and fought Wilnis in just his 5th pro-kickboxing fight.
Jason Wilnis stopping Alex Pereira (timestamped):
We probably all know how their most recent fight ended though… (timestamped):
Those are Pereira’s only two stoppage losses in kickboxing. Yeah he got stopped, but both occasions weren’t particularly close to getting knocked out cold like last week. He’s never experienced this kind of definitive loss prior to the 4th Adesanya fight.
Will this affect Pereira’s confidence (in his chin)? Will this affect Pereira’s fighting style?
Alex Pereira never was the type of fighter who uses a high-guard to block punches, he rather stays/moves out of punching range with his hands low to avoid getting hit, but he’s also not afraid to take one.
Pereira definitely gets hit at times (if his opponent matches his technical ability) when he attacks or closes the distance. We saw it last week..
Most of the times Alex doesn’t seem too worried about it though. Prior to the fourth fight against Izzy, Alex has never been knocked out.
I assume Pereira trusts the ability of his chin to take a good shot and his fights against Artem Vakhitov show this. Vakhitov landed a lot of clean overhand rights and 1-2’s right through Pereira’s guard, and he just ate them, not really worrying about blocking/dodging them.
This shows that Pereira is open to these kind of punches, but also that he really trusts his chin in taking a good shot.
Highlights of Artem Vakhitov vs Alex Pereira 1&2:
Getting knocked out like that for the first time in your career has to get in your head, especially for a guy who normally fights with so much confidence.
This raises the question: Will the Izzy-knockout affect Alex Pereira’s confidence and/or fighting style?
It really doesn’t have to be, but Alex may fight more tentative in future fights, not really trusting his chin anymore (not feeling 100% invincible like he did before). He may be less aggressive in exchanges, change a few details in his fighting style, and maybe abandon some of the aspects that made him the exciting fighter and great champion he is today.
Again, doesn’t have to be the case, maybe it didn’t even affect his chin at all, but getting knocked out cold for the first time ever is no joke.
What do you guys think?
Alex has never been KO’d in his fighting career, prior to his loss against Adesanya last week.
Poatan only had 2 TKO losses.
In 2016, Alex Pereira got TKO’d by Artur Kyshenko (standing TKO, referee stopped the fight). No shame in that though, Kyshenko was considered one of the best active fighters at the time, an ATG kickboxer. Pereira got back in the win column seven months after this loss, knocking out Israel Adesanya.
Artur Kyshenko stopping Alex Pereira (timestamped):
All the way back in 2012, Alex Pereira got TKO’d by Jason Wilnis via leg kicks. Wilnis was the reigning defending It’s Showtime middleweight-champion at the time they fought, while Pereira was very green and fought Wilnis in just his 5th pro-kickboxing fight.
Jason Wilnis stopping Alex Pereira (timestamped):
We probably all know how their most recent fight ended though… (timestamped):
Those are Pereira’s only two stoppage losses in kickboxing. Yeah he got stopped, but both occasions weren’t particularly close to getting knocked out cold like last week. He’s never experienced this kind of definitive loss prior to the 4th Adesanya fight.
Will this affect Pereira’s confidence (in his chin)? Will this affect Pereira’s fighting style?
Alex Pereira never was the type of fighter who uses a high-guard to block punches, he rather stays/moves out of punching range with his hands low to avoid getting hit, but he’s also not afraid to take one.
Pereira definitely gets hit at times (if his opponent matches his technical ability) when he attacks or closes the distance. We saw it last week..
Most of the times Alex doesn’t seem too worried about it though. Prior to the fourth fight against Izzy, Alex has never been knocked out.
I assume Pereira trusts the ability of his chin to take a good shot and his fights against Artem Vakhitov show this. Vakhitov landed a lot of clean overhand rights and 1-2’s right through Pereira’s guard, and he just ate them, not really worrying about blocking/dodging them.
This shows that Pereira is open to these kind of punches, but also that he really trusts his chin in taking a good shot.
Highlights of Artem Vakhitov vs Alex Pereira 1&2:
Getting knocked out like that for the first time in your career has to get in your head, especially for a guy who normally fights with so much confidence.
This raises the question: Will the Izzy-knockout affect Alex Pereira’s confidence and/or fighting style?
It really doesn’t have to be, but Alex may fight more tentative in future fights, not really trusting his chin anymore (not feeling 100% invincible like he did before). He may be less aggressive in exchanges, change a few details in his fighting style, and maybe abandon some of the aspects that made him the exciting fighter and great champion he is today.
Again, doesn’t have to be the case, maybe it didn’t even affect his chin at all, but getting knocked out cold for the first time ever is no joke.
What do you guys think?
