SYDNEY – Israel Adesanya didn’t want to field questions from the media after defeat, so instead, he put his head coach Eugene Bareman in his seat. Adesanya (24-3 MMA, 13-3 UFC) lost his UFC middleweight title in a shocking unanimous decision loss to Sean Strickland (28-5 MMA, 15-5 UFC) Saturday night in the main event of UFC 293 . After the event, the Nigerian fighter stepped into the media room to announce that he wanted to be with his friends and family, and that Bareman would offer answers on his behalf. Bareman, head coach at City Kickboxing, was probably just as shocked with the result as the rest of the combat sports world. “The universe does things,” Bareman said at the UFC 293 post-fight press conference
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