{"id":459128,"date":"2022-09-25T13:24:41","date_gmt":"2022-09-25T20:24:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=459128"},"modified":"2022-09-25T13:24:41","modified_gmt":"2022-09-25T20:24:41","slug":"robert-whittaker-explains-what-makes-him-more-dangerous-than-ufc-middleweight-champion-israel-adesanya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/robert-whittaker-explains-what-makes-him-more-dangerous-than-ufc-middleweight-champion-israel-adesanya\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert Whittaker explains what makes him more dangerous than UFC Middleweight Champion Israel Adesanya"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Robert Whittaker <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/robert-whittaker-reiterates-that-hes-the-most-dangerous-fighter-at-middleweight-i-dont-just-come-to-the-fight-to-win-i-come-to-break-my-opponents\/\">believes he is more dangerous than anyone at 185 pounds<\/a>, including UFC Middleweight Champion <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/fighters\/israel-adesanya\/\">Israel Adesanya<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Whittaker is one of the top 185-pounders in the world. He is a former UFC Middleweight Champion and has only been beaten by Adesanya in the 185-pound division. With that said, Adesanya has beaten &#8220;The Reaper&#8221; twice.<\/p>\n<p>Despite that fact, Whittaker thinks a trilogy fight is inevitable. He explained why during an appearance on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2022\/9\/25\/23341696\/robert-whittaker-third-israel-adesanya-fight-definitely-happen-clarifies-most-dangerous-man-comment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAFighting<\/a>&#8216;s &#8220;The MMA Hour.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI know that I have one more shot against Izzy if that\u2019s what it is or if he gets dethroned I definitely have another shot at gold,\u201d Whittaker said. \u201cI think getting that third fight with Israel will be a deciding point for that or whoever else it is. Definitely [there will be a third fight with Adesanya,]\u201d he added. \u201cIt would be silly not to because I\u2019m just running through everybody else. Especially the way the second fight left off, I\u2019d have to have come the closest since he\u2019s gotten the title to taking it back off him.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Whittaker also made it clear that he feels Adesanya isn&#8217;t nearly as dangerous as he is inside the Octagon.<\/p>\n<p id=\"LoTokR\"><em>\u201cI\u2019m the most dangerous man in the division,\u201d Whittaker said. \u201cIzzy, he\u2019s the champion of the division, he beat me the last fight as well. He\u2019s a great fighter. But I\u2019m the most dangerous man. I can beat anyone in the division. That last fight against Israel I got within a hair\u2019s breadth of taking everything away from him. Just the fights that I\u2019ve been in and the opponents that I\u2019ve had, I\u2019m not just beating them. I\u2019m flogging them. 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