Israel Adesanya has been one of the best UFC fighters of this era. The UFC middleweight champion has an incredible UFC record and is counted amongst the very best in the UFC. Adesanya’s success is certainly a result of his hard work, however, also a big part of his success is the coaching team behind him.

Adesanya is a part of the City Kickboxing team and has been since 2010. Situated in New Zealand, City Kickboxing is one of the best MMA training gym’s in the world. Some of the most popular students and alumnae of the gym include the likes of Adesanya, Alexander Volkanovski, and Dan Hooker.

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The founder of City Kickboxing and Adesanya’s head coach is Eugene Bareman. Apart from Bareman, Doug Viney, Chanel Niumata, Tristram Apikitoa and Mike Angove are an integral part of his team.

What did Israel Adesanya’s team say about his fight with Marvin Vettori

With Adesanya all set to face Marvin Vettori at the UFC 263 event. ‘The Last Stylebender’ has been training intently for the rematch. Taling about the same, was City Kickboxing striking coach Mike Angove. He said, “To be honest, I feel like Izzy’s already in Vettori’s head in a lot of ways.”

“His energy doesn’t change too much and we already know that he’s pretty intense with this fight.”

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While Angove is confident in Adesanya’s abilities, he believes Vettori’s lack of experience of big fights will also benefit Adesanya. “In many ways this is Marvin’s first rodeo, like it was Costa’s first rodeo on the big stage. Nothing really changes for us, for you know such a dangerous opponent. The rest is nothing new.”

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Many coaches and trainers of professional fighters have to spend much time away from their loved ones because of training. And many times this sacrifice of the coaching team might get overlooked by the fighter. However, that is certainly not the case with Adesanya.

Adesanya has always acknowledged whatever his team does for him. He has frequently praised everyone and everything the team does for him and thanked them. Therefore, with such a great team behind him, it won’t come as a surprise if Adesanya if victorious in his fight against Vettori.