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Eugene Bareman urges UFC to make Israel Adesanya vs. Paulo Costa now ‘while they’re both undefeated’

City Kickboxing head coach Eugene Bareman wants to convince the UFC that now is the time to match unbeaten talents Israel Adesanya and Paulo Costa.

Bareman led “The Last Stylebender” and teammate Dan Hooker to the biggest wins of their careers last weekend. Long before his win over Brad Tavares, Adesanya insisted that his next opponent would be the winner of Costa’s UFC 226 clash with Uriah Hall. However, speaking on the latest episode of Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show, Adesanya claimed that Dana White told him personally that he isn’t ready to match him Costa, who finished Hall in the second round of their middleweight tilt.