Israel Adesanya suffered his fourth consecutive loss when returning to the Octagon last month.<\/strong><\/p>\n Adesanya immediately made it clear that he has no plans to retire despite not getting his hand raised since 2023.<\/p>\n While he\u2019s clearly still motivated to proceed competing and testing himself, the likes of Demetrious Johnson have said Adesanya has nothing left to prove.<\/p>\n His long-time coach recently reflected on this latest setback and shared what he believes the following steps are for the previous two-time middleweight champion.<\/p>\n ‘The Last Stylebender’ refused to retire after suffering his fourth straight loss at UFC Seattle.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n Some have suggested that Israel Adesanya is facing a mental battle quite than a physical one following his recent loss to Joe Pyfer.<\/p>\n Similarly to several of his recent defeats, \u2018The Last Stylebender\u2019 had some great moments before his opponent was capable of turn the tide and finish him.<\/p>\n City Kickboxing\u2019s Eugene Bareman made some hints about what\u2019s going unsuitable for his fighter when commenting on what\u2019s next for Adesanya.<\/p>\n \u201cI do know where the changes must be made for Israel and I\u2019m not going to speak about those publicly but you see glimmers, right? You see glimmers of the old Israel,\u201d he told Submission Radio<\/a>. \u201cSo, it\u2019s nearly turning those glimmers into longer, sustained bouts of effort. <\/p>\n \u201cHe just has to do some soul searching, mate, such as you do after every fight. Every fighter after they lose has to tuck themselves away within the forest or in a dark room for twenty-four hours or whatever they do. They must figure life out in order that\u2019s just what Israel has to do.\u201d<\/p>\n The customarily somewhat cryptic Bareman could simply be referring to what number of viewed Adesanya\u2019s recent loss, in that the fight slipped away from him when he began to interact in a brawl together with his opponent.<\/p>\n Nonetheless, Bareman talking about seeing glimpses of the old former champion that aren\u2019t being sustained may be referencing his preparations, though this wasn\u2019t explicitly said.<\/p>\n Adesanya isn’t any longer ranked within the division\u2019s top five despite the undeniable fact that there have been each positives and negatives to remove from his recent run of results.<\/p>\n Bareman was seemingly about to suggest that getting back from this last defeat will take a whole lot of effort before cutting himself off and adding, \u201cHe has to seek out it inside him. He has to look deep this time.\u201d<\/p>\nWho should Israel Adesanya fight next?<\/h3>\n
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<\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\nEugene Bareman says glimpses of the old Israel Adesanya have to be sustained following recent loss<\/h2>\n
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