“I Was Not Too Impressed”- Israel Adesanya Belittles Robert Whittaker’s Performance Against Jared Cannonier

Published 11/07/2020, 5:15 AM EST

Israel Adesanya has been near perfect in his time at middleweight so far. ‘The Last Stylebender’ has established himself as one of the very best not only at 185 pounds but also in the entire UFC roster. Most recently, he stopped Paulo Costa in the second round in jaw-dropping fashion.

However, as a champion, there are always new fights lying ahead, which seem tougher than the previous one. It was recently reported that Adesanya would fight Jan Blachowicz at light heavyweight. This was contrary to what most fans and pundits believed as Robert Whittaker was set to be his next challenge.

Read: “I’ll slap him across his face”- Israel Adesanya ready to fight Jon Jones at heavyweight

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Israel Adesanya shares his thoughts on Robert Whittaker’s last fight

In a recent interview, a reporter asked Adesanya what he made of Robert Whittaker’s last fight and if it impressed him enough to want to fight him again. ‘The Last Stylebender’ replied, “I mean it is subjective. To be honest, no….. I can be honest in the fact that I wasn’t too impressed with his performance. He did well, don’t get me wrong. But I was not impressed to the point that ohh f**k let me get this guy again.”

He continued, “If he went in there and literally f***ed up Cannonier in a way that was mind-blowing, and finished him, it might have got me looking at him differently…. But it did not really light that spark, I just feel like it would be the same thing again…. He has other things on the horizon so let him do his thing and I’ll do mine.”

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Following his win at UFC 253, Adesanya had stated that he would like to face Cannonier next. This was contingent on ‘The Killa Gorilla’ securing a dominant win over ‘The Reaper’. This did not happen as Cannonier suffered an injury in the opening exchanges of the fight at UFC 254.

However, after his win, Whittaker did not display any urgency in securing a rematch with ‘Izzy’. He revealed that he was not too focused on the title shot as it was inevitable. This made way for the UFC to match up Israel Adesanya against Jan Blachowicz at 205 pounds.

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Read: Robert Whittaker says title shot against Israel Adesanya ‘Inevitable’

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Kevin Binoy is an MMA author at EssentiallySports. He earned a Bachelor's degree from Fergusson College and has been covering sports professionally for over two years. Besides working with the MMA writing team, Kevin is a core member of the organization's web stories team and is responsible for delivering engaging MMA web stories.

“I Was Not Too Impressed”- Israel Adesanya Belittles Robert Whittaker’s Performance Against Jared Cannonier

Israel Adesanya shares his thoughts on Robert Whittaker’s last fight

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