“We Did It for Pereira…”- Insider Reveals Major Change in Israel Adesanya’s Gameplan Amid Reports of an Immediate Rematch Against Sean Strickland

The main event of UFC 293, which took place between Israel Adesanya and Sean Strickland resulted in a new champion. Strickland dominated the bout against Adesanya and proved that he was better than the former two-time UFC middleweight champion. At the end of the five-round bout, the judges scored in favor of ‘Tarzan’, making him the new middleweight kingpin. There was no question that the Californian fighter deserved the win, as ‘Stylebender’ looked way too weak against ‘Tarzan’.

Moreover, the Nigerian fighter failed to bring any interesting element to his title defense after becoming the middleweight champion for the second time. Soon after Adesanya lost the bout, the UFC president, Dana White, made it clear that he wanted a rematch between Adesanya and Strickland. Presently, Adesanya’s team is looking forward to the same. Moreover, his coach, Eugene Bareman, is trying a new strategy for Adesanya when he collides with ‘Tarzan’ again.

Coach of Israel Adesanya reveals change in game plan

Israel Adesanya’s coach, Eugene Bareman, appeared for an interview with Submission Radio. During the conversation, he admitted that he was deeply disheartened by the loss of the former UFC middleweight champion. However, Adesanya’s coach and team are not ready to give up and they would be back with yet another game plan for ‘The Last Stylebender’ Bareman said, “Israel loses we’re all lost, that’s how we treat it. So you can’t put all the blame on as well… We don’t have the best performance. We felt as a corner we definitely didn’t have the biggest performance.”

Talking about the new game plan, Adesanya’s coach said, “I already alluded to when you feel like you leave no stone unturned and then somehow you’ve got to find more, you know next and crannies, where you think you’ve already covered everything but we will do it. We did it for Pereira. I’ve done it several other times with other high-level fighters.” Israel Adesanya lost his middleweight belt for the first time when he fought against Alex Pereira at UFC 281. Later, at UFC 287, he was able to regain the belt when Pereira and Adesanya locked horns for the second time. Currently, ‘Izzy’s coach is looking forward to the history repeating itself.

Daniel Cormier stands against the rematch

When Dana White mentioned a rematch between Sean Strickland and Israel Adesanya, former UFC double champion Daniel Cormier was highly disappointed. Cormier feels that Adesanya should not get a rematch as the division is currently stuck with him. DC felt that it was important to have another title challenger so that the division could move on and grow further.

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 The former UFC double champion also stated that Adesanya deserved a second chance when he lost to Alex Pereira. Back then, everyone wanted the Nigerian fighter to fight against Pereira again, so that the game would be fair. But now, ‘Stylebender’ has lost two out of the three title bouts he fought in the recent past. This indicates that he should not be given another chance to fight for the title. Do you want a rematch between Sean Strickland and Israel Adesanya? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.

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