{"id":360646,"date":"2020-09-07T06:06:29","date_gmt":"2020-09-07T13:06:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=360646"},"modified":"2021-10-31T19:27:30","modified_gmt":"2021-11-01T02:27:30","slug":"michel-pereira-not-interested-in-rematching-coward-diego-sanchez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/michel-pereira-not-interested-in-rematching-coward-diego-sanchez\/","title":{"rendered":"Michel Pereira not interested in rematching \u201ccoward\u201d Diego Sanchez"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UFC star Michel Pereira isn&#8217;t interested in a rematch with former opponent and UFC veteran Diego Sanchez.<\/p>\n<p>Pereira returned to the Octagon this past weekend with an incredible performance against Zelim Imadaev, ending with him submitting the Russian in the third and final round. It was the first time Pereira fought since his controversial disqualification loss to the aforementioned Sanchez in February.<\/p>\n<p>While some fans would like to see the two run it back, Pereira isn&#8217;t of the belief that he needs to do so.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Diego Sanchez vs Michel Perreira | Official Fight Highlights | UFC Rio Rancho\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aDoWiXQ9RLI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe knee strike that cut him was one I threw before, not the illegal one, and what he did was \u2013 he was a coward, he used the rules, he used what happened to win the fight,\u201d Pereira said in an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2020\/9\/5\/21417414\/michel-pereira-not-interested-in-rematch-with-coward-diego-sanchez-hes-not-on-my-level\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MMA Fighting<\/a>. \u201cHe didn\u2019t win in an honorable way. Someone that isn\u2019t man enough in a moment like that doesn\u2019t have my respect.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDiego Sanchez is in the past,\u201d Pereira continued. \u201cIt wouldn\u2019t add anything to my career. To me, I won the fight, I outclassed him. I respect his name and his history inside the UFC, but, about that fight, he\u2019s not on my level. He\u2019s not an athlete I would like to face again because he wouldn\u2019t challenge me to fight better and put on a better show.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI saw I was way ahead of him in terms of technique and cardio despite his experience and name,\u201d Pereira added. \u201cI saw I was way ahead of him, but he lost face with me when he ran from the fight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Prior to these comments, Sanchez praised Pereira whilst also <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/diego-sanchez-praises-former-opponent-michel-pereira-explains-desire-to-minimize-head-trauma\/\">patting himself on the back<\/a>, too.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>With all the current praise on my last opponent I\u2019ll be the first to praise that he\u2019s the fastest, strongest, most explosive man I have ever faced! I expected him to fade in the third due to the 5500ft altitude and extreme weight cut, he didnt\u2026 up until the illegal knee to the head on the ground I didn\u2019t have a scratch, bruise or cut everything was blended, blocked and guided away to minimize head trauma! Me and my coach received a ton of hate after the fight, now they have wrote me and my guru @joshuafabiaknowbody off ounce again! 3 weeks out from fight island @jakematthewsufc is -500 on the odds we are ready to make some magic happen! this Aussie ain\u2019t no @michelpereiraufc I am very relaxed and confident ready! tune In to @ufc 253 as I flip the table on the game, it is not chess when all the pieces are on the floor&#8221;.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Does a rematch between Michel Pereira and Diego Sanchez interest you?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFC star Michel Pereira isn&#8217;t interested in a rematch with former opponent and UFC veteran Diego Sanchez. Pereira returned to the Octagon this past weekend with an incredible performance against Zelim Imadaev, ending with him submitting the Russian in the third and final round. 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