Alex Pereira and Israel Adesanya are always going to be rivals and things have only gotten worse between them since they're with the UFC. There has been a lot of talk about a rematch but they are in very different positions at middleweight.

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Alex Pereira was hoping to challenge Israel Adesanya in the UFC after beating him two times in kickboxing. Adesanya has said in the past that he's hoping to face him, Pereira isn't so sure about that.

“Man, have you seen me laughing before? It’s hard, right?” UFC middleweight Pereira told MMAFighting through chortles. “How does this guy say he’s anxious to fight me? If I were in his shoes and I was crazy to fight someone, anxious, like he’s saying he is … as soon as I heard ‘Alex Pereira has signed with the UFC,’ [I would’ve said] fuck, [book it] right away. The respect he has [within the company], I’d say, ‘Ask him if he wants to fight me now. Forget about Robert Whittaker, cancel this fight, reschedule it. I make the calls. If Alex wants it, I want it.’

“Fuck, man, that’s what you do is you’re anxious to fight [someone]. ‘Oh, I can’t wait to fight Alex, but I’ll fight him [after] 15 fights.’ Fuck, How is he anxious to do it? What does he want? Look, I’ll tell you this — it’s harder for me to get to him than beating him. He knows that. He knows how I beat him. He fought me twice. He won’t admit how difficult I am. He’s not anxious to fight me. He wants me to slip tomorrow so he can say, ‘Is this the guy you want me to fight? Are you crazy? Go back to the end of the line.’ He’ll run from me.

“Someone crazy for a fight will say, ‘I want this guy, I want to prove I’m better than him,’” UFC middleweight Pereira continued. “He’s fooling his fan base. People should pressure him. The least he could do is say, ‘Fuck, I’ll show my fans that I’m the best and that’s why they follow me,’ but that’s not what he’s doing. He’s scared shit. Like Glover [Teixeira] says, he’s scared shit.”