Eugene Bareman thinks the stoppage was fair in Israel Adesanya ’s TKO loss to Alex Pereira at UFC 281. Although Adesanya (23-2 MMA, 12-2 UFC) thought referee Marc Goddard stepped in too early to stop the fight in Round 5 , City Kickboxing head coach Bareman says it could have only gotten worse for his star student. Pereira (7-1 MMA, 4-0 UFC) had Adesanya badly hurt against the ropes, which led Goddard to wave the fight off while Adesanya still was standing. “The Stylebender” immediately protested the stoppage and thought it was too early – but Bareman thinks it was fair.
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