City Kickboxing head coach, Eugene Bareman has claimed his long-time student, Israel Adesanya will never get over his championship loss to Sean Strickland last year in Australia — fresh from a second consecutive defeat against the incumbent, Dricus du Plessis at UFC 305 this month.
Adesanya, a former two-time undisputed middleweight gold holder, headlined UFC 305 earlier this month in his return to Perth, suffering a fourth round rear-naked choke submission loss to arch-rival, du Plessis in their undisputed title battle ‘Downunder’.
Eugene Bareman admits Israel Adesanya is not over Sean Strickland loss
And sharing his thoughts on Israel Adesanya’s acceptance of his loss against du Plessis, Bareman admitted he was happy with how the Nigerian-Kiwi was handling the setback, however, touched on his failure to get over his decision upset to rival, Strickland.