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This past weekend’s UFC 236’s co-main event decided who will be the next challenger to undisputed middleweight king, Robert Whittaker. In the said bout, fellow ANZAC of Whittaker’s, Israel Adesanya would go on to defeat Kelvin Gastelum over the course of a five-round fight of the year candidate<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Originally, Gastelum was supposed to be the one facing Whittaker back in February but due to injuries on the champion’s end, Adesanya was able to capitalize on the opportunities that were presented.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As amazing as a back and forth fight that it was, ‘The Reaper’ didn’t learn anything he didn’t already know from watching the interim title fight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNothing new at all,” Whittaker told Submission Radio<\/a>. “I feel that that fight showed exactly what I\u2019ve been saying the whole time. I think he\u2019s (Adesanya) great, but he doesn\u2019t like getting hit, he doesn\u2019t look great going backwards, and I just don\u2019t think he\u2019s as good as he thinks he is. Like *laughs*, let me be clear, that\u2019s not putting it on him, because I know he gets very upset whenever I say anything negative about him *laughs*, but I\u2019m saying it was a great fight, he showed a lot of heart and technically he\u2019s amazing, but yeah, he got hit, he got hit and he got hurt. And if Gastelum can hit and hurt him, I can hit and hurt him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDefinitely, [Gastelum would have been a harder fight for me]. Now, I\u2019m not saying that Adesanya is an easy fight for me. I think stylistically he matches up much better with my own style. Stylistically, I always wanted to fight Adesanya. Gastelum is just a keg. He\u2019s a keg. When I was watching him fight Adesanya, that\u2019s the fight that I was expecting when I was gonna fight Gastelum. Like, that\u2019s the fight I had prepped for 12 weeks, and like, that\u2019s the fight I had in mind when I was almost gonna fight him in Melbourne. And I\u2019m happy, I\u2019m very happy Adesanya had that fight *laughs*.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For Whittaker, his last time out came in June 2018 when he fought and defeated Yoel Romero for the second time in back to back fights. This fight was also a fight of the year candidate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since then, Adesanya has fought four times against his stiffest competition yet. Having been in two consecutive wars himself, Whittaker understands how much fighting frequently can take its toll on someone despite having not been his most active in recent years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFighting takes a lot out of you, and a fight like that with Gastelum takes a lot of you,” Whittaker said. “A lot, a lot out of you. And yeah, your neural systems go to places they shouldn\u2019t in fight situations. It\u2019s very intense, and I think fighting this much will start to wear him down. I think it will start to show. I feel like it started to show in the Gastelum fight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI think he\u2019s had a lot of fights. That last fight was a war and I intend to exploit that. When he got hit, when he got hurt, he just didn\u2019t want to be there. He just didn\u2019t want to be there. That\u2019s what I saw. He just looked like he didn\u2019t want to be there. Yeah, you know, but then I could be mistaken. Who knows.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Regardless, the undisputed champ doesn’t see the pair’s unification bout being all too taxing of an affair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNah, it won\u2019t be a war,” Whittaker stated. “Not with me and him. It\u2019s gonna be short and sweet, brother, trust me. Oh, I guarantee you, I guarantee you [it’s going to be one-sided].\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This article first appeared on <\/em>BJPenn.com<\/em><\/a> on 4\/18\/2019<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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