“Shut Him up Again, Worse Than the First Time”- Israel Adesanya Sends a Warning to Robert Whittaker Ahead of Their Highly-Anticipated Rematch

UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya will take on the former champion Robert Whittaker at UFC 271. The two first met at UFC 243, where ‘The Last Stylebender’ put on a flawless performance and dethroned ‘The Reaper’. Since that fight, both men have won three bouts at middleweight and are high on confidence.

Ahead of the rematch, ‘The Last Stylebender‘ sent out a warning and revealed that he is motivated to go 2-0 against Whittaker.

The champion said, “I mean, the motivation for me is just he’s not making excuses like Vettori or Costa. He’s accepted his loss. He finally admitted that I was in his head and he was emotional. I was like, yeah, you’re finally admitting what I was saying this whole f**king time.”

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“So, that makes me take him seriously, like, he’s accepted that, so that makes me take him seriously. He’s got a point to prove as well. He’s been training, motivated, that gets me up in the morning. Shut him up again, worse than the first time, that’s what gets me motivated.”

Israel Adesanya feels Robert Whittaker is losing his cool

The middleweight champion said that Whittaker hasn’t gotten over the loss. According to him, the same thing happened before the first fight, and he’s losing his cool.

While appearing on THE FIGHT with Teddy Atlas, Israel Adesanya said, “We’re putting the knuckles back on ol’ Bobby. One of my guys from my YouTube channel sent me a clip of him calling me a s*** person just recently. It’s already happening again, except he’s lost his cool.”

“He talked about saying he lost his cool in the last fight. Nah–it’s too late. He’s lost his cool now. In the last fight leading up to it, he was trying to pretend like everything was all right–and you can verbatim find the interviews when I was saying, ‘He’s not handling this well.”

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The rematch between Israel Adesanya and Robert Whittaker is one that fight fans have been waiting for ever since UFC 243. As it is happening, they are definitely going to tune in for this one.

Who do you think comes out on top in this rematch? Will Robert Whittaker avenge his loss at the hands of Israel Adesanya? Let us know in the comments!