Well, Alex Pereira can not please everyone, and even targeting to please anybody at all, but surely even though he is not smiling more often he doesn't really need it, because this is UFC, what is important here is if you can beat the other guy which Alex Pereira is really capable of knocking the other guy out for sure, well he doesn't need to be likable because people does like him the way he was now, even though I am not a fan of Alex Pereira because I am for Israel Adesanya, Pereira surely got the attribute in being a champion,
I have a complete opposite vision. A fighter would better smile, talk, jump and act like an asshole, then be silent but skilled fighter. And the more bad guy you are, the better it is. UFC does not like fighters who are active online inside octagon. Demetrious Johnson is a great example. The guy is so much positive, that UFC exchanged him for other fighter (Mighty Mouse has 11 title defence, lost to triple C and got exchanged for Ben Askren lol). No wonder why people dont love Dariush, Muhammad or Whittaker. Because they are too good as persons 
People dont like Pereira, because he dont speak English, shows no emotions, and got title fight after beating 3 average guys (2 of them were not even in top15), while others wait ages for a title fight. There are actually positives and negatives for both sides. A fighter can jump around and act like he's the best in the world in any circumstance and bring in better revenue for the fighting organization or company and at the same time bring better money for himself as well.
It is already a proven fact imho, that a fighter might suck at fighting, but if he managed to stimulate ticker or PPV sales, he will be kept in promotion. UFC is not pure sport, it is entertaining + sport. There are a lot of examples in UFC, when fighters with 3-5 looses in a row are kept in roster, and there are fighters that are released after just one lost, when they got serious of wins. Nobody wants to watch silent Ivan Drago fight. People want big mouths like Clubber Lang
That is not important at all, Mike Tyson was not a likeable character, he didn't smile much and he dominated boxing for years.
My prediction is that Pereira probably winning on points, unless Adesanya make huge surprise with his fighting style and dominates more with wrestling.
I think both of them are good in stand up, Adesanya is faster, Pereira is stronger, but all other skills outside kickboxing is advantage for Adesanya.
My prediction is that Pereira probably winning on points, unless Adesanya make huge surprise with his fighting style and dominates more with wrestling.
I think both of them are good in stand up, Adesanya is faster, Pereira is stronger, but all other skills outside kickboxing is advantage for Adesanya.
I remember how people talked about how huge Pereira was in their fight. Ability to do extreme weight cuts gonna help him to win again. I feel like Pereira is preparing some kind of a bomb for us. While Adesanya is on public, selling their fight, Pereira is at him gym, mastering his skills. Never seen before how Pereira was even dazed. It will be super hard for Adesanya to knock out this guy. But if the fight goes to judges, they gonna be in favour of a champ, if he did not finish Adesanya before.
P.S. Look how bad people are
Adesanya did just one mistake, just one loss, and people already see and predict 1001 way how Pereira gonna finish him