{"id":463313,"date":"2022-11-16T06:48:43","date_gmt":"2022-11-16T14:48:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=463313"},"modified":"2022-11-16T06:48:43","modified_gmt":"2022-11-16T14:48:43","slug":"michael-bisping-doesnt-believe-alex-pereira-vs-israel-adesanya-stoppage-was-early","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/michael-bisping-doesnt-believe-alex-pereira-vs-israel-adesanya-stoppage-was-early\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Bisping doesn\u2019t believe Alex Pereira vs Israel Adesanya stoppage was early"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Bisping wouldn&#8217;t be surprised if Israel Adesanya is frustrated by his UFC 281 stoppage loss, but doesn&#8217;t think it was early.<\/p>\n<p>Last Saturday night at UFC 281, Israel Adesanya was beaten by Alex Pereira in the main event. &#8216;Stylebender&#8217; was up 3-1 on the scorecards but in the final round, &#8216;Poatan&#8217; secured <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/ufc-281-adesanya-vs-pereira-live-results-and-highlights\/\">a TKO finish<\/a> to capture the UFC middleweight championship.<\/p>\n<p>While many think it was a legitimate win, others have questioned Marc Goddard&#8217;s stoppage &#8211; including Adesanya himself.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re almost certainly going to see a rematch but in reality, that doesn&#8217;t help Adesanya right now.<\/p>\n<p>Michael Bisping, another former middleweight king, gave his thoughts during a recent episode of his podcast.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"BISPING REACTS TO ISRAEL ADESANYA vs ALEX PEREIRA RESULT! | UFC 281 SHOCK!\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XWBMiaFe0dY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cTo be honest, I don\u2019t think it was stopped early,\u201d Bisping said. \u201cHowever, I think there\u2019s a debate and discussion to have. If I were Israel, I\u2019d be pretty annoyed. I love Marc Goddard, he\u2019s one of the best in the business, I\u2019m not saying that. But from a fighter\u2019s perspective, if I want to have my belt taken off me, I want to be been choked unconscious and left on the floor in Madison Square Garden. That\u2019s exactly what GSP did to me.<\/p>\n<h3>Adesanya shoots for the stars<\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cI think at that level of the game, you can let it go a little bit longer, but fighter\u2019s safety is absolutely paramount. Izzy was looking at the floor, but he was on the feet and kind of moving the head. So that is somewhat defensive. But still, nonetheless, it still wasn\u2019t a bad stoppage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>Quotes via <a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/2022\/11\/ufc-news-michael-bisping-sympathizes-with-israel-adesanya-alex-pereira-ufc-281-stoppage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMA Junkie<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s been no confirmation regarding Pereira&#8217;s first title defence but with Robert Whittaker being set to square off with Paulo Costa, the coast is seemingly clear for Adesanya to step in.<\/p>\n<p><em>Do you think Alex Pereira&#8217;s win over Israel Adesanya was an early stoppage? Let us know in the comments, BJPENN Nation!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Bisping wouldn&#8217;t be surprised if Israel Adesanya is frustrated by his UFC 281 stoppage loss, but doesn&#8217;t think it was early. 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