LAS VEGAS – Israel Adesanya and Robert Whittaker faced off for the first time since the announcement of their much anticipated middleweight title unification bout. They are set to square off in the main event of UFC 243 on Oct. 5. And Adesanya (17-0 MMA, 6-0 UFC), the interim titleholder, has already started making reads on champion Whittaker (20-4 MMA, 11-2 UFC) after the two had some verbal exchanges last Friday at the UFC’s summer news conference. “At the staredown, he just reminded me of like a meth head,” Adesanya told MMA Junkie at the UFC Hall of Fame ceremony. “When you look into someone’s eyes and you’re just like, yeah, and I’m looking at him like OK, cool.
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Israel Adesanya: Robert Whittaker reminded me of a ‘meth head’ during first faceoff – MMA Junkie