Israel Adesanya has taken the Middleweight division by storm since making his debut in UFC in 2018. Moreover, he has been undefeated in the middleweight division and has defended his UFC belt four times. Hence he is always looking for competition and has been vocal regarding fighters giving excuses.
Therefore ahead of his much-anticipated rematch against Robert Whittaker, Adesanya has warned the middleweight division by posting a short snippet of his training session on his Instagram and Twitter account.
— Israel Adesanya (@stylebender) August 2, 2021
The Last Stylebender captioned this tweet by announcing PSA: Middleweights…you’re fucked. Another metamorphosis happened on my 32nd trip around the sun. Bottom line, it has come to my attn that Imma need to #applypressure on everything. But yea, all you cunts at 185 get better or get better excuses. Have a good day!
Therefore it is clear that Israel Adesanya is hungry for a finish and wants to leave no stone unturned for his upcoming bout against Robert Whittaker. Moreover, he also wants his competitors to have the same amount of passion and hunger to work hard and get to the top of the division.
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Israel Adesanya promises to finish the job against Robert Whittaker
Israel Adesanya is not a shy fighter and is always active on social media. As a result, he often trolls his adversaries and engages in trash talk with his future opponents on social media. Therefore ahead of his fight against Bobby Knuckles, Adesanya has warned the number one contender by posting a clip of their last fight on social media.
Getting into details, Izzy posted a small tape from his YouTube video called Israel Adesanya Breaks Down his UFC 243 Knock Out of Robert Whittaker on Twitter. In this video, Adesanya explains one of the exchanges between the two during their first fight. Moreover, he also gave a shout-out to his trainer who taught him this move in two weeks. He ended this clip by commenting “Trust, next time I got the ones for it.”
— Israel Adesanya (@stylebender) August 2, 2021
Consequently one can easily spot the confidence that Adesanya has about winning their rematch. This is because he is constantly developing his skills and adding new weapons to his arsenal. On the other hand, Whittaker has learned from his mistakes at UFC 243 and made his way to the top of the ladder by getting impressive wins over top contenders in the form of Darren Till, Jared Cannonier, and Kelvin Gastelum.
Therefore this fight will be very interesting as both the fighters have improved a lot since their first meeting. As a result, fight fans will be very excited to watch this battle as the build-up of this rematch is getting heated up after both fighters have started playing mind games.
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