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And that includes the division&#8217;s champion, Robert Whittaker who was supposed to be fighting that same night as well until he suffered a collapsed bowel and hernia that forced him out of action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whittaker has since said that <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/robert-whittaker-believes-he-matches-up-better-against-israel-adesanya-over-kelvin-gastelum\/\">he was more impressed with Silva&#8217;s performance than Adesanya&#8217;s<\/a> and how the undefeated striker thinks that he&#8217;s a bit better than he actually is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Never shy to say what&#8217;s on his mind, Adesanya recently gave a proper response to the champion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think of those comments and it doesn\u2019t affect me in any way,&#8221; Adesanya told <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Submission Radio (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/57cwFAugfe0\" target=\"_blank\">Submission Radio<\/a>. &#8220;I mean, when the time comes, when I have the mic in my hand, I\u2019m saying my thing. 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They\u2019re writing checks with their mouth right now, but their ass will cash it later on.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The referenced Stephen Thompson is, of course, the last man to defeat Whittaker prior to his move up the middleweight division where he&#8217;s been perfect since doing so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In UFC 236&#8217;s co-main event on April 13 in Atlanta, Georgia, Adesanya will face off with Kelvin Gastelum to determine the new interim middleweight champion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>This article first appeared on <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\"><em>BJPenn.com<\/em><\/a><em> on 3\/14\/2019<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At UFC 234 in February, &#8216;The Last Stylebender&#8217; Israel Adesanya picked up the biggest win of his still relatively young MMA career when he scored a unanimous decision over former UFC middleweight king, Anderson Silva. Despite the win, not everyone was all too impressed. 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