
Eugene Bareman doesn’t see grappling playing a factor in Israel Adesanya’s fight against Alex Pereira.
Adesanya (23-1 MMA, 12-1 UFC), Bareman’s star student, puts his middleweight title on the line against Pereira (6-1 MMA, 3-0 UFC) in Saturday’s UFC 281 main event at Madison Square Garden in New York. The main card airs on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPNews and early prelims on ESPN+.