Robert Whittaker Says He Has a ‘Couple of Tricks’ for Israel Adesanya Rematch
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Robert Whittaker vs Jared Cannonier was arguably one of the best fights on the card at UFC 254. Though it did not have a record-breaking or an insane submission, it was a hard-fought fight between two of the very best at 185 pounds.
The fight had massive implications on the title picture at middleweight with the winner is most likely going to fight Israel Adesanya for the title. For ‘The Killa Gorilla’, it would’ve been a first title shot. However, for Whittaker with the win, he has placed himself perfectly for a rematch with ‘Izzy’.
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Robert Whittaker gives his thoughts on a potential rematch with Israel Adesanya
In the post-fight, John Morgan stated that Dana White was interested in a re-match with Israel Adesanya for ‘The Reaper’. He then asked Whittaker what he thought of a re-match and if he was looking forward to the same.
‘The Reaper’ replied, “Yeah, he’s a tough fight man. I’m not stoked to fight him. He’s a hard fight, and he is so good. He only looked better in his last fight. And the fact that he beat me once already. But I feel I’ve got a couple of tricks I can roll out. I feel like I can play it differently this time.”
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“He’s a tough fight, man. I’m not stoked to fight him. He’s a hard fight and he’s so good and he only looked better in his last fight.”@robwhittakermma says he’s interested in a rematch with Israel Adesanya in the most Robert Whittaker way possible 😅 pic.twitter.com/kBlXMG2J10
— ESPN MMA (@espnmma) October 25, 2020
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Whittaker continued, “But honestly, I know he’s trying to do everything else, and good on him to do that. I’m not thinking about him… He can go up to light heavy or heavyweight whatever he wants to do. My plans are Christmas, my baby, then hopefully our timelines line up then.”
Robert then added that he wants that re-match against Adesanya at some point. However, his mentality with the fight game is, “You line them up, I’ll knock them down.”
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‘The Last Stylebender’ had made it very clear that he wants to fight Jared Cannonier next if he was able to beat Whittaker. However, he also stated that he is open to a rematch with ‘The Reaper’ if Robert won. In the post-fight press conference, Dana White confirmed that a rematch between the two makes perfect sense. And that is the fight the UFC is targeting next.
Do you think we get to see a rematch between Robert Whittaker and Israel Adesanya? Will the rematch have a different result?
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