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Farah Hannoun

Eugene Bareman OK with UFC 281 stoppage, says prolonging fight wouldn’t have been good for Israel Adesanya’s health

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.

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