{"id":291380,"date":"2018-11-14T09:04:38","date_gmt":"2018-11-14T17:04:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=291380"},"modified":"2018-11-14T09:09:29","modified_gmt":"2018-11-14T17:09:29","slug":"israel-adesanya-explains-how-he-will-beat-robert-whittaker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/israel-adesanya-explains-how-he-will-beat-robert-whittaker\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel Adesanya explains how he will beat Robert Whittaker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Israel Adesanya looks more and more like a future UFC middleweight title challenger with every passing fight. In fact, after his UFC 230 execution of long-time contender Derek Brunson, his fighting for the title in the near future looks less like a likelihood and more like a downright certainty.<\/p>\n<p>The UFC middleweight title is currently held by Australia&#8217;s Robert Whittaker. Provided Whittaker defeats his next challenger Kelvin Gastelum, who he&#8217;ll meet at UFC 234 in late January, he could easily find himself locked in the cage with the Nigerian Kiwi Israel Adesanya soon thereafter.<\/p>\n<p>While Whittaker is looking increasingly like a dominant champion, Adesanya believes he&#8217;s already unearthed the secret to beating him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI beat him wherever I want,\u201d Adesanya told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/ufc\/ufc-rising-star-israel-adesanya-vows-to-demolish-robert-whittaker\/news-story\/275d3a1d74c0c9124aea535bb68e8c54?nk=50f17ca2a9a235b4e72b36cb2772e1e2-1542213766\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox Sports Australia<\/a> recently. \u201cIf I\u2019m being frank, Rob is lacking defensively and that\u2019s where I\u2019ll take him. And I can do that any way I want.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know he\u2019s a fighter who wants to go out there and bust people up, but I\u2019m not a guy you mess with,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>If Israel Adesanya is able to capture the UFC middleweight title, he believes he will thrust the division to new and unprecedented levels of popularity.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Once I\u2019m champion, there will be a lot more eyes on this division,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I\u2019m the guy making s*** happen.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Given that Whittaker doesn&#8217;t fight Gastelum until January, Israel Adesanya realizes that he will probably have to take another fight in the interim. And apparently, he already has an opponent for this next fight.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe discussed my next fight and reached an agreement on who that opponent should be,\u201d Adesanya said.\u00a0\u201cSo now I\u2019m just waiting for the \u2018OK\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Do you think Israel Adesanya is a future UFC middleweight title challenger? 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