“He’s found his way back, he deserves his best shot,” Eugene Bareman admits Whittaker gets the next title shot against Israel Adesanya


“He’s found his way back, he deserves his best shot,” Eugene Bareman admits Whittaker gets the next title shot against Israel Adesanya

Robert Whittaker and Israel Adesanya

The UFC Middleweight champion, Israel Adesanya is going to face Marvin Vettori in a rematch at UFC 263. This match was first offered to the former Middleweight champion, Robert Whittaker. But Whittaker just fought against Kelvin Gastelum in April and he denied fighting this soon.

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Adesanya’s coach, Eugene Bareman in one of his interviews said that now Whittaker gets back in the pool as he denied fighting Izzy in July. After this statement, he faced rage from a lot of Robert Whittaker fans on social media.

But in his latest interview with Submission Radio, Bareman clarified that whatever he said was intentional and was just an attempt to wind up Whittaker fans over the internet. He says, “I’m just having fun. Robert can probably do what he wants. I don’t care,”

“For the first time in my life, I had a little bit of fun trolling people. And I understand why Israel does it so often. I did a couple of interviews with Combat TV and we talked about how Robert doesn’t deserve a shot and this and that, and then I just talked about him now. But the truth is, I’m just having a bit of fun.” {H/T TheMacLife}

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Eugene Bareman also added that they were always aware that Whittaker wouldn’t be able to fight so soon because of the injuries he suffered. He added, “What a bunch of bullshit. The whole thing, the whole thing. The guy’s injured. The guy’s had surgery. Of course, man. I have a family. Come on. Give me more credit. Give me more credit.”

“Give me more credit than that. The guy has four kids. I had 48 fights under my belt, I’ve been injured my whole career … Me and the boys had a lot of fun with it. When we did the interviews with Combat TV, every single day they would screenshot a message from a Robert Whittaker fan, saying that they wish I was dead and hated my mother’s, father’s, mother. And it was fun.” {H/T TheMacLife}

Bareman now understands why Israel Adesanya does this much often

Robert Whittaker and Israel Adesanya
Robert Whittaker and Israel Adesanya

After having fun with Robert Whittaker’s fan, if fans were still concerned about Bareman’s statement, he clarified further that ‘The Reaper’ is next in line for the title shot. He added, “Let me also clarify, Robert deserves the next shot. He’s found his way back, he deserves his best shot. We never expected him to take the damn fight.”

“Let me have some fun with the Robert Whittaker fans. Especially cause I didn’t think he had such loyal fans. Let me have a little bit of fun, right up to this point. Look, the thing is, this is a lesson. This is a lesson for my fighters and all the fighters coming up through the ages. Do not give the internet any credence at all.” {H/T TheMacLife}

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“You’d never get your career off the ground. My advice to all the young fighters, is don’t listen to the internet, don’t listen to all these people in the comments. Not just young fighters, experienced fighters as well. Stay away from the internet, use it for your commercial means, and that’s about all it’s good for. Because it’s full of crazy people.”

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