{"id":327219,"date":"2019-10-04T08:24:53","date_gmt":"2019-10-04T15:24:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=327219"},"modified":"2019-10-04T08:26:32","modified_gmt":"2019-10-04T15:26:32","slug":"robert-whittaker-plotting-five-round-war-with-israel-adesanya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/robert-whittaker\/robert-whittaker-plotting-five-round-war-with-israel-adesanya\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert Whittaker plotting ‘five-round war’ with Israel Adesanya"},"content":{"rendered":"

UFC middleweight champion Robert Whittaker is not worried about finishing Israel Adesanya at UFC 243 on Saturday night. Instead, the champ is planning on dragging his Kiwi challenger into a hellacious, five-round war.<\/p>\n

If the finish materialized somewhere in the midst of that war, so be it.<\/p>\n

Whittaker watched Adesanya’s recent five-round slobber-knocker with Kelvin Gastelum, and believes that if he can drag Adesanya a similarly brutal fight, the Kiwi will quit.<\/p>\n

“I don\u2019t think he\u2019s going to be able to withstand the heat that I bring \u2014 and I\u2019m not looking to finish him; I\u2019m looking to drag this into a five-round war,” Whittaker said at Friday’s UFC 243 media day (via MMA Junkie<\/a>). “I\u2019m going to drag him into the trenches.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m going to do what Gastelum did, but better. Let\u2019s see if he wants to leave early.\u201d<\/p>\n

While Whittaker doubts that Adesanya can withstand this kind of five-round brawl, that doesn’t mean he doesn’t respect his foe’s skills. The champion simply believes he’s the better fighter \u2014 and he’s not done growing yet.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think (Adesanya) is super deadly,\u201d Whittaker said. \u201cI think he\u2019s a very talented and great fighter, but hell, I\u2019m still up-and-coming, you know? I\u2019m not going anywhere, anytime soon.<\/p>\n

\u201cHonestly, I am more excited for how I come out of this fight, for the work that I\u2019ll put in after this fight to the fighter that I\u2019m going to become from this fight, because every year, I\u2019m getting better. Every year, I have harder fights, and I\u2019ve got a lot of years left in me.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cObviously, I\u2019m not looking past Israel. He\u2019s a very hard opponent, and honestly, it\u2019s going to be a very hard fight, and I know this. I\u2019ve prepared for this. But, the only sure thing that I know after this fight is that Monday I\u2019m going to go home and see my kids. That\u2019s it.\u201d<\/p>\n

What do you think of these comments from Robert Whittaker? Do you think he’ll defeat Israel Adesanya at UFC 243?<\/p>\n

This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i>BJPENN.COM<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0on 10\/4\/2019.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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