City Kickboxing head coach Eugene Bareman thinks Sean Strickland messed up big time in his UFC 276 fight with Alex Pereira.
Strickland (25-4 MMA, 12-4 UFC) was knocked out in the first round by Pereira this past Saturday in Las Vegas, where he was content to stand and trade with the former two-division Glory kickboxing champion until he got caught.
Bareman, who coaches Israel Adesanya, saw Strickland as more of a worthy challenger for the UFC middleweight champion than Pereira (6-1 MMA, 3-0 UFC). The fact that Adesanya and Strickland got into a heated exchange during the UFC 276 pre-fight news conference added some spice to a potential matchup.
