{"id":319044,"date":"2019-07-10T13:02:36","date_gmt":"2019-07-10T20:02:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=319044"},"modified":"2019-07-10T13:02:36","modified_gmt":"2019-07-10T20:02:36","slug":"israel-adesanya-compares-robert-whittaker-to-a-meth-head","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/israel-adesanya-compares-robert-whittaker-to-a-meth-head\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel Adesanya compares Robert Whittaker to a &#8216;meth head&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Israel Adesanya and Robert Whittaker don&#8217;t even know where their UFC 243 middleweight title fight will occur yet, but Adesanya is already letting the trash talk fly.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the UFC Hall of Fame ceremony over the weekend, the interim champion Adesanya shared his thoughts on his first staredown with the undisputed champ Whittaker.<\/p>\n<p>He says the Australian reminded him of a &#8220;meth head.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the staredown, he just reminded me of like a meth head,\u201d Adesanya told <a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2019\/07\/israel-adesanya-says-robert-whittaker-reminded-him-of-a-meth-head-at-ufc-summer-press-conference-face-off\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MMA Junkie<\/a> at the event. \u201cWhen you look into someone\u2019s eyes and you\u2019re just like, yeah, and I\u2019m looking at him like OK, cool. He\u2019s a guy, he\u2019s been here, he\u2019s tough, he\u2019s a vet in this game, so I don\u2019t have to try and get under his skin. He\u2019s not under my skin, and he says he doesn\u2019t think about me, and I don\u2019t want him to. I don\u2019t expect him to. My coaches think about him a lot, though, and we\u2019re going to devise a beautiful strategy to take him off.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not totally clear why Robert Whittaker reminded Israel Adesanya of a meth head, or what that even means. Whatever the case, Whittaker <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/robert-whittaker-says-israel-adesanya-is-arguing-by-himself\/\">doesn&#8217;t seem too concerned<\/a> with the comments of his rival.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI guess the biggest difference for this fight and this opponent is that he\u2019s got a problem,\u201d Robert Whittaker told ESPN recently. \u201cHe\u2019s kind of like arguing by himself. All my other opponents realize they\u2019re not gonna get a rise out of me and they\u2019re just chill and we fight. In the weeks coming we\u2019ve got a fight. Face-to-face, you know. We can resolve our differences then. It\u2019s different with him because he has a one-man argument. So yeah, I don\u2019t care. It is what it is.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Who do you think will come out on top when Robert Whittaker and Israel Adesanya finally meet?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPENN.COM<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 7\/10\/2019. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Israel Adesanya and Robert Whittaker don&#8217;t even know where their UFC 243 middleweight title fight will occur yet, but Adesanya is already letting the trash talk fly. 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