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Israel Adesanya recently shut down the idea of facing Robert Whittaker in a trilogy for the UFC middleweight title. The current middleweight champion had no interest in potentially running back anything. Those comments didn’t sit very well with Robert Whittaker who was quick to fire back at the UFC middleweight champion. The Australian believes Israel […]

Israel Adesanya and Robert Whittaker recently had their rematch earlier this year but talk of a trilogy has already started. The UFC middleweight champion has shown zero interest in a potential third fight and it doesn’t seem like he plans on changing his mind any time soon. There was a lot of disrespect between the […]

Robert Whittaker has two losses to the current UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya and a trilogy doesn’t seem likely. Recently, the Australian spoke out about the prospect of booking a third fight with the champion. Robert Whittaker believes a trilogy is possible and a lot of it has to due with his fellow Australian fighter […]

Robert Whittaker was supposed to take on Marvin Vettori at UFC 275 in a fun matchup at middleweight. Unfortunately, the Australian was forced to pull out of the fight due to injury. Marvin Vettori was upset and was looking forward to facing a former UFC champion. Robert Whittaker explained why he opted not to go […]

Aljamain Sterling has become a bit of a controversial figure ever since he won the title from Petr Yan by DQ. Former UFC middleweight champion Robert Whittaker recently spoke out on his situation. The former UFC champion recently made an appearance on FOX Sports’ Main Event show in Australia. Robert Whittaker didn’t hold back as he talked […]

Israel Adesanya beat Robert Whittaker by unanimous decision at UFC 271 last week. The fight was very close and some have said that they thought the Australian won the fight. The only rounds that were clear in the fight at UFC 271 were rounds 1 and 5. Israel Adesanya won the first round and Robert […]

Robert Whittaker finds himself in a tough spot after losing to Israel Adesanya at UFC 271. Chael Sonnen recently spoke out about the Australian’s options going forward. Chael Sonnen spoke about the subject on his YouTube channel. He believes Robert Whittaker has a clear path ahead of him if he wants to fight for a […]

The main event of UFC 271 features an excellent middleweight title bout between current champion Israel Adesanya and Robert Whittaker. The fight is a rematch with the two previously fight at UFC 243 in October 2019. The first fight was an excellent performance for Adesanya with the now champion essentially knocking out Whittaker in round […]

Robert Whittaker heads into his rematch with Israel Adesanya in a very different place mentally. The Australian is different heading into UFC 271. The Australian middleweight had to deal with some things after losing to Israel Adesanya at UFC 243. Robert Whittaker made sure to deal with things once the fight was over. “There were […]

Israel Adesanya and Robert Whittaker have been saying very different things ahead of their middleweight title bout at UFC 271. The Australian has been very focused on being in a good place mentally whilst the New Zealander has been firing shots at him. Things are complicated between the two as there is respect but they […]

Israel Adesanya is set to meet Robert Whittaker in the main event of UFC 271, where he will be defending his middleweight title. Chris Weidman recently gave his take on the upcoming title fight. Many are expecting Robert Whittaker to look better than last time and use his wrestling. For those reasons, Chris Weidman is […]

Robert Whittaker looks to be in a different place mentally heading into his rematch with Israel Adesanya at UFC 271. He changed his approach from the first fight and has been strictly focusing on training. The former UFC middleweight champion had to take some extra fights before getting the rematch with Israel Adesanya. Many have […]

Israel Adesanya is set to meet Robert Whittaker in a rematch at UFC 271. The main event is very exciting and many are expecting an even better fight than the first one from October 2019. Robert Whittaker expects to come into the fight with a very different game plan. The former UFC champion wants to […]

Eugene Bareman has been speaking out recently about the upcoming fight between Robert Whittaker and Israel Adesanya at UFC 271 on Saturday. The fight does have a little bit of animosity and many expect there to be quite a bit of trash-talking. Israel Adesanya’s coach actually had some positive things to say about Robert Whittaker. […]

Israel Adesanya always seems to have some kind of storyline heading into his UFC fights. There’s usually an opponent that talks trash and he makes sure to fire back with his quick wit. Recently he was asked about being friends with Robert Whittaker. It seems obvious that the two aren’t going to be friends. There […]

Israel Adesanya and Robert Whittaker are definitely not friends heading into their showdown at UFC 271 this month. The two have been going back and forth and both seem to know how to beat the other. Israel Adesanya recently dropped a truth bomb on Robert Whittaker when talking about his prediction for UFC 271. The […]

Sean Strickland has been going after Israel Adesanya for a long time. He recently continued to hurl steroid accusations at him while talking about his UFC 271 title fight against Robert Whittaker. Sean Strickland considers Israel Adesanya a good fighter with a background in ‘steroids.’ He wasn’t holding back when asked to make his pick […]

Robert Whittaker is set to take on Israel Adesanya in a highly anticipated rematch at UFC 271 in February. The bout is expected to be very exciting and many want to see if the results are the same as last time. Israel Adesanya had a dominant showing in the first fight back in October 2019. […]

Michael Bisping has been asked to put his analyst hat on and take a look at the upcoming UFC 271 main event between Israel Adesanya and Robert Whittaker. There has been a lot of talk on how the Australian can beat the New Zealander. Robert Whittaker pointed to the Jan Blachowicz fight as a good […]

Israel Adesanya did not appreciate Robert Whittaker’s comments about how he would use his only loss in MMA to help beat him. The UFC champion took some time but he responded back in typical fashion. Israel Adesanya may have one the first fight almost three years ago but that doesn’t mean he plans to use […]

Robert Whittaker and Israel Adesanya had some beef heading into their first fight back at UFC 263. Looking back, that may have been what led to Whittaker losing. That’s what the former UFC champion said recently in an interview. Robert Whittaker admits Israel Adesanya got in his head. “I got in my own head so […]

Robert Whittaker heads into his rematch with Israel Adesanya at UFC 271 ready to do things differently than the first time. The last fight resulted in a second-round TKO loss for the Australian. Israel Adesanya has only lost one fight since then, a UFC light heavyweight title fight against Jan Blachowicz. The loss came after […]

Israel Adesanya heads into his rematch with Robert Whittaker dead set on beating him a second time. The UFC middleweight champion appears to be even more motivated for the second fight. He heard the former UFC champion admit that he got in his head. Israel Adesanya plans to use that as motivation heading into the […]

Robert Whittaker and Kai Kara-France had an awkward moment when the New Zealand fighter was interviewed on a UFC pre-fight show on Fox Sports’ Fight Week. Things were awkward as Robert Whittaker was sitting next to host Nikolai Pajarillo and UFC featherweight champion Alex Volkanovski. Kai Kara-France came on the show to be interviewed. The […]

Jan Blachowicz has weighed in on the upcoming middleweight title fight between Israel Adesanya and Robert Whittaker in February. The former light heavyweight champion faced Adesanya back in March. Robert Whittaker was the champion when they first fought back in October 2019. The bout was in Australia and was a huge event. Things wouldn’t go […]

UFC President Dana White finally peeled back the curtain on the next middleweight title fight match-up between Israel Adesanya and Robert Whittaker. It has long been agreed that this was the next fight for the title at 185. Dana White did an interview with The Daily Telegraph where he discussed a variety of topics surrounding […]

With another installment of UFC Fight Night, Robert Whittaker and Kelvin Gastelum lead as the main event of the evening. Catch the fights on Saturday night, 10 pm Eastern on ESPN. Whittaker enters the Octagon as the number one ranked fighter behind champion Israel Adesanya. As for Gastelum, he’s currently ranked eighth in the Middleweight […]