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 was a lot of trash-talking in the lead-up to their title fight at UFC 243.
“I don’t know about being friends one day but fuck, I don’t think that far ahead,” the UFC champion told mainevent via MiddleEasy. The guy, I don’t like the guy, he doesn’t like me. It’s plain and simple. After the fight we show respect and yeah, I wish him well but unfortunately, he has to fight me.
“We’re like stepbrothers, we don’t get along. Just leave it that way maybe.”
Just because they don't get along doesn't mean Israel Adesanya doesn't recognize and appreciate their rivalry. The UFC middleweight champion knows he's currently part of something special.
“100 percent. Look, we’re just two guys who fight or love to fight. All we’re doing is — cause we’re in it right now we have our head down but then later on in life, I’m sure when we look back at these times, we’ll realize like even just the last fight [UFC 243], how special that whole event was, how special those moments were, key moments.
“Unfortunately, he came up short that night. Fortunately for me, it’s part of my history too. So, yeah we’re living right now but then five, 10 years, fucking 50 years from now they’ll look back on these times it’ll be special to think about it. People will tell their kids’ kids. It’s cool to think about but I don’t really focus on that right now cause right now we’re in it, we’re working. That’s it.”
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