City Kickboxing coach Eugene Bareman is looking forward to the challenge of his star pupil attempting to conquer another division. UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya is expected to move up in weight to challenge recently crowned light heavyweight champ Jan Blachowicz in the first quarter of 2021. Blachowicz has made it clear that he won’t compete before March , but Bareman hopes the fight can materialize in February. Adesanya, who last competed in September on the same card as Blachowicz, is known to make relatively quick turnarounds and doesn’t want to wait too long. “Look, there’s obviously a pay-per-view in March,” Bareman told Submission Radio .
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