{"id":309978,"date":"2019-04-16T08:32:02","date_gmt":"2019-04-16T15:32:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=309978"},"modified":"2019-04-16T08:32:03","modified_gmt":"2019-04-16T15:32:03","slug":"odds-robert-whittaker-favored-over-new-interim-champion-israel-adesanya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/odds-robert-whittaker-favored-over-new-interim-champion-israel-adesanya\/","title":{"rendered":"Odds: Robert Whittaker favored over new interim champion Israel Adesanya"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Having won the UFC interim middleweight championship with a thrilling decision victory over Kelvin Gastelum in the co-main event of UFC 236 this past Saturday, Israel Adesanya can now look forward to a title-unifying collision with undisputed middleweight champion Robert Whittaker. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This clash between New Zealand&#8217;s Adesanya and Australia&#8217;s Whittaker will likely go down in Australia late this year, per UFC President Dana White.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe were going to do that fight here,&#8221; White said at the UFC 236 post-fight press conference. &#8220;I wanted it in the United States. But, we\u2019re definitely not doing that fight in the Unites States. It\u2019s going to Australia. Yea, it will be massive in Australia.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When this fight does occur, Whittaker will enter the cage as the betting favorite \u2014 at least according to the opening odds for the fight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Online sportsbook <a href=\"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">BetOnline<\/a> has released the early odds for this matchup. They&#8217;ve pegged Whittaker as a slight -160 favorite (bet $160 to win $100), while the new interim champion Israel Adesanya has been identified as a +140 underdog (bet $100 to win $140). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Robert Whittaker: -160<\/li><li>Israel Adesanya: &#8211; +140<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>While Adesanya is unlikely to agree with these betting odds, Whittaker <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/robert-whittaker\/robert-whittaker-says-israel-adesanya-got-exposed-in-kelvin-gastelum-fight-at-ufc-236\/\">certainly seems to like his chances against the Kiwi. <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIf you watch the fight you can see the holes that were there from every fight before, they just got exposed bigger,&#8221; Whittaker said on Ariel Helwani&#8217;s MMA Show on Monday, discussing UFC 236&#8217;s Israel Adesanya vs. Kelvin Gastelum matchup. &#8220;There were holes and there were a lot of things Gastelum exploited, and there were a lot of things Gastelum could\u2019ve exploited but couldn\u2019t because of his makeup, because of his striking style, because of his height, his reach. 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