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Israel Adesanya coach explains why fighter’s walkout made him ‘nervous’ at UFC 287

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Israel Adesanya’s coach has explained why his fighter’s walkout at UFC 287 made him ‘nervous’, before Adesanya went on to banish those nerves with a knockout win.

On Saturday, Adesanya stopped Alex Pereira in the second round of the UFC 287 main event, regaining the middleweight title that he lost to his old rival with a TKO defeat in November.

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