Glover Teixeira thinks Alex Pereira’s energy is unmatched.
Pereira (11-2 MMA, 8-1 UFC) defends his title in opposition to Khalil Rountree (13-5 MMA, 9-5 UFC) in Saturday’s UFC 307 primary occasion in Salt Lake Metropolis.
Pereira has expressed his want to drop again all the way down to middleweight – the place he as soon as held the belt, to problem champion Dricus Du Plessis. His coach and mentor Teixeira doesn’t put any limitations on what “Poatan” can do, and even sees him ruling the heavyweight division if he needed to.
“To be trustworthy, I’m assured that he can do something he needs,” Teixeira informed The Schmo. “He can struggle at heavyweight and destroy the heavyweights there as a result of the power, the power to learn the opponents, and (go) out and in, and the ability. He’s extra highly effective than any heavyweight I’ve skilled with. After all, any heavyweight, Tom Aspinall, Stipe (Miocic) (have) obtained KO energy, as effectively. However Alex is manner up there.”
Teixeira fought present heavyweight champion Jon Jones for the sunshine heavyweight title at UFC 172 in April 2014. Though he fell quick by unanimous resolution, he says Jones’ energy is nothing like Pereira’s.
“There’s no comparability,” Teixeira mentioned. “I do know Jon Jones is a good fighter. He’s an excellent martial artist as effectively. Identical to Alex, he research the man. However energy, there’s no comparability. Alex has completely different energy – like George Foreman energy. … Alex is completely different. Timing and the ability is completely different. He has large energy. I by no means in my life sparred with a man that hits as exhausting.”
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