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Darren Till: Khamzat Chimaev would take Alex Pereira down ‘within 30 seconds’

Darren Till thinks Alex Pereira would be wise to accept an immediate rematch with Israel Adesanya rather than put his newly-acquired middleweight title on the line against Khamzat Chimaev.

Khamzat called out Pereira following the Brazilian’s upset TKO victory over Adesanya this past month at UFC 281, pleading with the UFC to book the matchup in 2023, preferably in Brazil.

But Liverpool’s Till, who trains with Khamzat in Sweden, thinks Pereira should avoid the matchup at all costs. ‘The Gorilla’ feels ‘Poatan’ is too inexperienced on the ground and that ‘Borz’ would take him down ‘within 30 seconds’ and finish him there with ease.