{"id":323291,"date":"2019-08-22T15:23:57","date_gmt":"2019-08-22T22:23:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=323291"},"modified":"2019-08-22T15:23:57","modified_gmt":"2019-08-22T22:23:57","slug":"robert-whittaker-makes-prediction-for-title-fight-with-israel-adesanya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/robert-whittaker-makes-prediction-for-title-fight-with-israel-adesanya\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert Whittaker makes prediction for title fight with Israel Adesanya"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Robert Whittaker has a prediction for his bout with Israel Adesanya and it doesn&#8217;t involve the judges.<\/p>\n<p>Whittaker and Adesanya are <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/ufc-243-will-go-down-in-australia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">set to collide on Oct. 5<\/a>. &#8220;The Reaper&#8221; is the UFC middleweight title holder, while &#8220;The Last Stylebender&#8221; holds interim gold. They&#8217;ll do battle in a title unification bout. Their scrap will take place inside Marvel Stadium in Melbourne, Australia.<\/p>\n<p>Triple M&#8217;s <em>The Rush Hour<\/em> had Whittaker on as a guest recently. The UFC middleweight champion made a prediction for his bout with Adesanya (via <a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/2019\/08\/ufc-243-robert-whittaker-predicts-israel-adesanya-finish\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MMAJunkie.com<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"&quot;I&#039;m Going To Finish Him&quot; - UFC Middleweight Champion Robert Whittaker Podcast | Triple M\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tjSydawLUSo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s the biggest thing I took away from that fight [with Kelvin Gastelum],\u201d Robert Whittaker said. \u201cIf Gastelum can puts hands on him, I can puts hands on him. Honestly, I think I\u2019m going to finish him. I\u2019m definitely going to look for the finish, but I think I\u2019m going to finish him somewhere in the second, third round.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Israel Adesanya is known for ruffling some feathers and the buildup to this fall&#8217;s middleweight title bout is no exception. Whittaker said he doesn&#8217;t see the purpose that Adesanya&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/israel-adesanya-compares-robert-whittaker-to-a-meth-head\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">trash talk<\/a> serves.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s kind of another mentality I\u2019ve always had, is I don\u2019t understand why we\u2019re trash talking each other, because literally we\u2019re going to be punishing each other within X-amount of weeks,\u201d Robert Whittaker said. \u201cIt\u2019s like there\u2019s no point. Anything you\u2019ve got to say means nothing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Adesanya has gone as far as to compare Whittaker to a &#8220;meth head.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the staredown, he just reminded me of like a meth head,\u201d Adesanya told MMA Junkie at the UFC Hall of Fame ceremony. \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>Do you think Robert Whittaker will secure the finish over Israel Adesanya?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Robert Whittaker has a prediction for his bout with Israel Adesanya and it doesn&#8217;t involve the judges. Whittaker and Adesanya are set to collide on Oct. 5. &#8220;The Reaper&#8221; is the UFC middleweight title holder, while &#8220;The Last Stylebender&#8221; holds interim gold. They&#8217;ll do battle in a title unification bout. 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