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Former two division champion Conor McGregor has sent Israel Adesanya a message prior to his title unification bout with Robert Whittaker at UFC 243.<\/p>\n

The UFC’s current interim middleweight champ, Adesanya, will square off with reigning division kingpin Robert Whittaker in tonight’s highly anticipated UFC 243 main event.<\/p>\n

Earlier today, Conor McGregor took to his official Instagram<\/a> page where he delivered the following message of encouragement to ‘Stylebender’.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B3OZWNZoQQs\/<\/p>\n

“Wow! What an atmosphere down in Australia for this weekends fight! I am so excited for this event tomorrow, I would love to be there! I can\u2019t wait to visit Australia one day ❤️ Best of luck to UFC champion and @paradigmsm fighter, Israel the @Stylebender Adesanya, fighting for the UFC\u2019s coveted Middleweight title tomorrow night! This is your time my brother! Straight down the pipe and he goes down.My Aussie brother @tim_simpson2 doing great work down there also. I cannot wait to watch the event! Good luck Israel! Good luck men!”<\/em> – Conor McGregor wrote.<\/p>\n

Israel Adesanya will enter UFC 243 sporting a perfect professional record of 17-0. In his most recent effort at UFC 236, ‘Stylebender’ scored a unanimous decision victory over Kelvin Gastelum to capture the promotions interim middleweight title.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Robert Whittaker (20-4 MMA) will be returning to action for the first time since UFC 225 in June of 2018, where he defeated Yoel Romero via split decision in a ‘fight of the year’<\/a> performance.<\/p>\n

As for Conor McGregor, the Irish superstar has not stepped foot inside the Octagon since suffering a fourth round submission loss<\/a> to rival Khabib Nurmagomedov at UFC 229.<\/p>\n

‘Mystic Mac’ was linked to a fight with Justin Gaethje at UFC 240, but that bout never came to fruition as Conor McGregor suffered a hand injury and was unable to compete.<\/p>\n

Who are you picking to win tonight’s UFC 243 main event between Robert Whittaker and Israel Adesanya? Sound off in the comments section PENN Nation!<\/p>\n

This article first appeared on BJPENN.com October 5, 2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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