{"id":363547,"date":"2020-10-05T12:15:17","date_gmt":"2020-10-05T19:15:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=363547"},"modified":"2020-10-05T12:15:17","modified_gmt":"2020-10-05T19:15:17","slug":"coach-israel-adesanya-could-move-to-light-heavyweight-for-next-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/coach-israel-adesanya-could-move-to-light-heavyweight-for-next-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Coach: Israel Adesanya could move to light heavyweight for next fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>City Kickboxing coach Eugene Bareman says his star pupil, Israel Adesanya, could move up to the light heavyweight division for his next fight.<\/p>\n<p>Adesanya is the current UFC middleweight champion, and defended his strap with a second-round TKO win over the formerly unbeaten Paulo Costa late last month. Since that win over Costa, he&#8217;s made no secret of the fact that he&#8217;d like to fight Jared Cannonier next\u2014provided Cannonier gets by Robert Whittaker at UFC 254.<\/p>\n<p>While Adesanya has targeted a middleweight title defense against Cannonier, Bareman claims the middleweight champion could take a light heavyweight fight first if Cannonier isn&#8217;t prepare to make a quick turnaround after UFC 254.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Israel Adesanya&#039;s Coach: Paulo Costa Win, Jon Jones Twitter Beef, Jan Blachowicz, Weidman, Chimaev\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nGl5-y3atiw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p id=\"yJUXI3\">\u201cIf Cannonier didn\u2019t want to turn around and fight, then Israel would definitely fight at 205,\u201d Bareman said on <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/nGl5-y3atiw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Submission Radio <\/a>(h\/t <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2020\/10\/5\/21502462\/eugene-bareman-certain-israel-adesanya-jon-jones-will-happen-israel-has-his-heart-set-on-that-fight\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MMA Fighting)<\/a>. \u201cWe\u2019ve already had a little chat about that. He would be perfectly willing to do that. So much is just dependent on those results in the middleweight division.<\/p>\n<p id=\"5DNSIb\">\u201cBut yeah, if Cannonier wanted to wait longer because he didn\u2019t want to turn around things really quickly, then maybe Israel can go to 205.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Adesanya has recently been engaged in a heated war of words with Jon Jones, the greatest light heavyweight in UFC history. While Jones recently vacated the light heavyweight title with plans to move up to heavyweight, Adesanya is still interested in fighting him.<\/p>\n<p>From the sounds of it, this massive superfight could also happen sooner than anticipated.<\/p>\n<p id=\"f3gRoO\">&#8220;He has got his heart set on doing that fight,&#8221; Adesanya said. &#8220;It doesn\u2019t matter where Jon Jones goes. If he goes <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/coach-israel-adesanya-will-definitely-look-to-move-and-challenge-stipe-in-the-future\/\">to heavyweight<\/a>, goes to light heavyweight, goes up and loses two fights, three fights, wins the next three fights, Israel has his heart set on that fight. So yeah, that fight\u2019s gonna happen, I\u2019m just not sure when.<\/p>\n<p id=\"5rmhHg\">\u201cIf we needed to fight that fight in the next six months, then I would be happy to do that, but again, that\u2019s a team decision,\u201d Bareman added. \u201cThat\u2019s how we work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Would you be interested in seeing Israel Adesanya compete in the light heavyweight division?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>City Kickboxing coach Eugene Bareman says his star pupil, Israel Adesanya, could move up to the light heavyweight division for his next fight. 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