Fighter vs. Writer: UFC 287 Preview: Can Israel Adesanya Finally Slay the ‘Monster in his Closet in Alex Pereira?

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🗓️ 4 April 2023

⏱️ 76 minutes

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UFC 287 takes center stage on the latest episode of The Fighter vs. The Writer with Matt Brown and Damon Martin previewing the upcoming event. The main event will see Alex Pereira defending the UFC middleweight title for the first time against ex-champion Israel Adesanya. Pereira now holds three wins over Adesanya — two in kickboxing and a knockout over him in the UFC — but can he possibly make it four in a row? We’ll discuss this matchup and what Adesanya needs to do to finally slay the “monster in his closet” that Pereira has become in his career. Plus, how much does a win or a loss affect Adesanya’s career legacy after largely establishing himself as the second best middleweight in history behind Anderson Silva? We’ll also talk about the co-main event where Gilbert Burns battles Leon Edwards and the stakes surrounding that welterweight matchup. Masvidal appears at a crossroads where a win could lead him into a title fight against Leon Edwards while a loss might mean his retirement. All this plus we’ll discuss the news that the UFC will be merging with WWE and much more on the latest episode of The Fighter vs. The Writer. Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Subscribe: Spotify Read More: MMA Fighting Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:28.8	and 3 selections, season C to play.
0:30.6	You're listening to the Vox Media Podcast Network.
0:36.6	Welcome back to The Fighter vs. The Rider. I'm Damon Martin. He is Matt Brown and we are presented today by WWE.
0:59.6	Matt, as you prepare to tell everyone what the rock is cooking, how's everything going with you?
1:07.6	I think everyone knows the news of the day and we'll get into that a little bit, but how's everything with you?
1:12.6	Training hard, man, so I was going to say earlier, if I'm a little low energy today, I apologize, but I'm training hard, man.
1:23.6	I'm putting it through the grind and I think I'm still trying to train like I'm 25 and I'm close to 45, then I am 25.
1:32.6	It doesn't get any easier to get older.
1:36.6	Trying to be smarter about it, man, trying to prepare more properly and use all the knowledge that I've learned over these years to apply all this knowledge that I've learned over these years.
1:50.6	I'm not just going to say, I don't fuck it, let's just train hard as we can today and let's crawl out of here.
1:57.6	That works great when you're 25, but when you're my age, I've been through the, I'm sorry, I keep burping.
2:05.6	When you've been through the grind like I have, man, it just doesn't work so well.
2:13.6	Feeling a little rough today, feeling the rigors of the battles that I was in, but other than that, life is good, man, feeling great.
2:24.6	I know that it's all going to pay off when I smash this guy.
2:28.6	Absolutely, coming up May 13th, and of course, I finally got a location.
2:31.6	Charlotte, North Carolina, we heard rumors of maybe Nashville going to be Charlotte, so it should be fun down there.
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