UFC 243: Israel Adesanya plans to ‘pick apart’ Robert Whittaker ‘quite easily’ in Melbourne
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Israel Adesanya has said he plans to “pick apart” Robert Whittaker in their huge UFC 243 title unification fight next Sunday.
Middleweight champion Whittaker (20-4) of Australia goes up against undefeated interim champion Adesanya (17-0) of Nigeria and New Zealand at Marvel Stadium in Melbourne, in what is expected to be the biggest gate in UFC history with more than 55,000 fans.
But while “Bobby Knuckles” has been out of the Octagon since June 2018 because of injuries and health problems, “Stylebender” has been going on a tear through the division, winning six fights in the last 18 months.
“He’s a guy I can pick apart easily,” Adesanya said on a UFC 243 conference call. “A challenge I haven’t faced before? I don’t think so.
“He just does what he does very well. There’s only a certain amount of awkwardness that he has that I haven’t seen before, but he can try to prove me wrong. From what I see, though, I’ll pick him apart quite easily.”
