The UFC middleweight champ Israel Adesanya isn’t convinced by Robert Whittaker’s “nice guy” act. Adesanya is set to face Robert Whittaker once again at UFC 271 this month, and he fully expects a repeat of the last fight, in which he knocked Whittaker out in front of a home crowd in Australia and took the middleweight belt.
In a recent interview with Stake, Adesanya agreed that Whittaker’s ego led to his loss the last time around, and it would do so again. ““It was his ego last time, but I called it from the fight.
Adesanya on Whittaker’s “Good Guy” Persona: “trust me, he’s not”
I said at the time that he is acting out of character, and I also said he is not being himself. People kept saying what a good guy he is, but trust me he’s not. You don’t see that behind the scenes. And now he’s admitted it was his ego that got the best of him – well I told you so, he should have listened to me!
What else can he say? He said after the fight that it was the best he’s ever felt, well I do not forget that. If he can get better, he’ll have to bring the best again, and I will beat him again.”
Since then, Whittaker earned his way back into title contention by defeating contenders Darren Till, Jared Cannonier, and Kelvin Gastelum. Whittaker has made clear his plan to grapple with Adesanya in their rematch, a plan of attack “The Last Stylebender” welcomes. “My prediction is that I am going to f*ck Whittaker up, again.
He can’t stand with me, so I know he will be forced to grapple. Last time he said Kevin Gastelum has given the blueprint on how to beat Adesanya,’ and now he’s saying ‘Jan has given the blueprint’…. he needs to write his own blueprint. If he wants to copy someone else’s work, then by all means try, because it went so well last time for him when we fought.
Whittaker may have learnt from his mistakes from last time for maybe a round or so, but then trust me, he will revert back to those errors. Once he feels what he felt last time, he won’t know where to turn.
Also, he didn’t even grapple with me last time, he didn’t really feel me. You can ask any of my previous opponents, they will tell you. So once he feels me in a grapple, then he will get shook again.”
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