Darren Till doesn’t see Israel Adesanya defeating Alex Pereira if they fight for a fourth time

Darren Till gave his thoughts on a fourth fight between rivals Israel Adesanya and UFC Middleweight champion Alex Pereira.

Pereira defeated Adesanya by TKO in Round 5 at UFC 281 to capture the middleweight title. The win marked the third time Pereira has defeated Adesanya, with the other two times coming in kickboxing.

But in Pereira’s past two wins over Adesanya, he was losing the fight up until he rallied to score the finish. Even though Till acknowledges that Adesanya showed he has the tools to beat Pereira, he would still side with the Brazilian if they fought for a fourth time.

“I’ve watched all three fights and the two fights he (Adesanya) was just absolutely winning comfortably,” Till said. “Alex all three times just seems to from somewhere, I don’t know what it is whether he’s got Izzy’s number or what, gets the win and it’s quite terrifying for Izzy because can Izzy beat him? We’ve seen he can – well he can’t because the fifth Alex got it back.”

He continued, “Is a fourth fight worth it? Yeah, you have to because Izzy was the champ for a long time and he was dominant, but Alex has beat him three times and it’s not like a wrestler vs. a striker. They’re both strikers. It’s very tough. I know I’ve lost a fight here and there but if you lose four fights to the same person… I think the fourth fight is warranted but at this point do I see Izzy beating Pereira? For some reason, because Pereira’s won the three fights, no I don’t.”

Till will look to get back to the win column when he faces Dricus Du Plessis in Saturday’s UFC 282 event at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The main card airs on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPN2 and early prelims on ESPN+.

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