Israel Adesanya's coach Eugene Bareman bizarrely brought knives and machetes to training sessions after believing his fighters were becoming complacent.
Middleweight champion Adesanya is gearing up for the sixth defence of his title this Saturday at UFC 281 against old kickboxing rival Alex Pereira. 'The Last Stylebender' is looking to avenge his past two defeats to Pereira, one of which was a brutal knockout, as the pair fight for the first time in the cage.
Bareman is the head coach for fighters such as Adesanya, Dan Hooker and Brad Riddell at City Kickboxing in Auckland, New Zealand. The coach admitted many of the top fighters at the gym were becoming complacent and needed a wake-up call, with Hooker adding that Bareman brought knives to training sessions during this time.
