{"id":326902,"date":"2019-10-01T14:35:27","date_gmt":"2019-10-01T21:35:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=326902"},"modified":"2019-10-01T14:35:27","modified_gmt":"2019-10-01T21:35:27","slug":"israel-adesanya-claims-hes-getting-paid-substantially-more-than-robert-whittaker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/israel-adesanya-claims-hes-getting-paid-substantially-more-than-robert-whittaker\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel Adesanya claims he&#8217;s getting paid &#8216;substantially more&#8217; than Robert Whittaker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The upcoming middleweight title fight between Robert Whittaker and Israel Adesanya is going to be big a one. The fight, scheduled for UFC 243 this Saturday in Australia, is being billed as the biggest fight in Oceanic history and is also generating massive attention in the Western Hemisphere.<\/p>\n<p>Adesanya is taking full credit for that fact.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Israel Adesanya to Robert Whittaker: &quot;No One Can Save You&quot;, Talks UFC 243, Jon Jones\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EVR6X0EeVu0?start=369&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf it was Rob or anyone else\u2026it could be Robert\/Romero part 3, it could be Rob and Chris Weidman, it could be Rob and anyone else, it would not be at Marvel Stadium,\u201d Adesanya told Submission Radio (via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmanews.com\/adesanya-theres-a-reason-im-getting-paid-more-than-whittaker\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MMA News<\/a>). \u201cIt would not be in that kind of an echelon, that kind of a capacity, because it\u2019s just Rob. But at the same time, this is me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Israel Adesanya claims that he&#8217;s being paid significantly more than Whittaker as the result the interest he&#8217;s generating.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have to just be honest. We can\u2019t just lie about it,\u201d Adesanya said. \u201cI\u2019ve been the one pushing the culture forward for fighting down here with my team. And he, unfortunately, hasn\u2019t been because, unfortunately, he\u2019s been pulling out sick.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd that\u2019s OK. I called in sick back in my old job once in a while. I know the vibes. But, yeah, I\u2019m the one pushing the culture forward, so let\u2019s put it this way: if it was anyone else with Rob, it would not be in Marvel stadium. It wouldn\u2019t sell out the way it has been. But because it\u2019s me, that\u2019s why.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s a reason why I\u2019m getting paid more than him, substantially more than him,\u201d Adesanya continued. \u201cThere\u2019s a reason why my stock is much higher than him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Will you be tuning in for Robert Whittaker vs. Israel Adesanya this weekend?<\/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 10\/1\/2019.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The upcoming middleweight title fight between Robert Whittaker and Israel Adesanya is going to be big a one. The fight, scheduled for UFC 243 this Saturday in Australia, is being billed as the biggest fight in Oceanic history and is also generating massive attention in the Western Hemisphere. 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