Eugene Bareman doesn’t think Israel Adesanya should top his first win over Robert Whittaker with another finish. Adesanya (21-1 MMA, 10-1 UFC) had a flawless performance against Whittaker (23-5 MMA, 14-3 UFC) at UFC 243 and knocked him out in the second round to unify the middleweight titles in 2019. “The Last Stylebender” said he’s planning on putting on an even better performance when the pair runs things back in the UFC 271 main event Saturday, but his head coach would like to see things pan out in a specific way. “People aren’t going to agree with me, but the ultimate thing you can do in fight sports, I think, is not a knockout,” Bareman told Submission Radio. “It’s a whitewash. And so what I would like to happen is just a five-round whitewash where there is no stoppage this time.
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