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Farah Hannoun

Israel Adesanya’s coach discusses trick of ‘finding the balance’ vs. Dricus Du Plessis at UFC 305

City Kickboxing head coach Eugene Bareman took a good look at how Israel Adesanya needs to approach UFC middleweight champion Dricus Du Plessis.

Former champ Adesanya (24-3 MMA, 13-3 UFC) challenges Du Plessis (21-2 MMA, 7-0 UFC) in Saturday’s UFC 305 (pay-per-view, ESPN, ESPN+) main event at RAC Arena in Perth, Australia.

Sean Strickland’s forward pressure gave Adesanya problems in their title fight at UFC 293, making Du Plessis confident that he can find similar success. Bareman acknowledges that Adesanya has to be wary of that and time his offense accordingly.

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