{"id":303467,"date":"2019-02-25T15:06:26","date_gmt":"2019-02-25T23:06:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=303467"},"modified":"2019-02-25T15:06:28","modified_gmt":"2019-02-25T23:06:28","slug":"robert-whittaker-believes-he-matches-up-better-against-israel-adesanya-over-kelvin-gastelum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/robert-whittaker-believes-he-matches-up-better-against-israel-adesanya-over-kelvin-gastelum\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert Whittaker believes he matches up better against Israel Adesanya over Kelvin Gastelum"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>At UFC 234 earlier this month, the UFC went back down under as they touched down in Melbourne, Australia for their first pay-per-view event of the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the main event, we were expecting to see a middleweight title bout between the champion, Robert Whittaker and the challenger, Kelvin Gastelum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unfortunately, <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/robert-whittaker-released-from-hospital-return-time-depends-on-recovery\/\">a collapsed bowel and hernia would prevent<\/a> the champion from making that walk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In his absence, an interim champion will now be crowned as Gastelum is <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/max-holloway\/ufc-236-fight-card-is-already-coming-together\/\">set to face off with Israel Adesanya<\/a> at UFC 236 on April 13.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When it comes to who the champion would rather face upon his return, he has no preference. But he does think he matches up better with one over the other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I think, stylistically for us, Adesanya matches up better for me,&#8221; Whittaker said on <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Ariel Helwani's MMA Show (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sa5M59wnX3g\" target=\"_blank\">Ariel Helwani&#8217;s MMA Show<\/a>. &#8220;I think I can get inside his guard and I can put heat on him. I think Gastelum is a hard fight because he&#8217;s a tough guy with a thick head and he would have just put the pressure on, <g class=\"gr_ gr_6 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_disable_anim_appear ContextualSpelling ins-del\" id=\"6\" data-gr-id=\"6\">put<\/g> the pace on. 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It&#8217;s a <em>better <\/em>fight for me.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For Adesanya, his last fight came at the aforementioned UFC 234 as well as he took on the legendary former middleweight king, Anderson Silva.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The &#8216;Stylebender&#8217; Adesanya would end up <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/anderson-silva\/ufc-234-results-israel-adesanya-defeats-anderson-silva-highlights\/\">earning the unanimous decision<\/a> in a striking-heavy affair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite the win being the biggest of Adesanya&#8217;s career when it comes to name value, Whittaker wasn&#8217;t too impressed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I wasn&#8217;t impressed with his performance against Anderson,&#8221; Whittaker said. &#8220;If anything, I was impressed with Anderson&#8217;s performance against Adesanya. Anderson is not in his heyday anymore. He&#8217;s easily on his way out. Everyone can see that. And for Anderson to put up such a good fight\u2026 You know, I gave Anderson that second round. For him to put up such a good fight against a dude who&#8217;s on a tear with such a high-level striking skillset, and is running through people, I thought props to Anderson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Adesanya&#8217;s very good. Don&#8217;t get me wrong. I just think he&#8217;s trying to build a hype train that doesn&#8217;t exist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;100 percent [he has more to prove]. 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