You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain
Alex Pereira believes Ciryl Gane was on the verge of gassing out if the fight kept going:
"People say that I got tired. No, I did not.
If I had the chance to survive without the illegal strikes, I feel that Ciryl would not have survived in the fight because he doesn't have heart.
You could see it in his eyes, and I got robbed of that moment. It looks like he was lying down because he was celebrating. No, he was that tired."