The former champion Robert Whittaker has had 3 consecutive victories to return to the position of the belt painting with the opponent Israel Adesanya, the UFC medium champion at UFC 271. Notably, Adesanya was the one who defeated Robert Whittaker in 2019 to win the middle belt from the Australian boxer.
During the rematch, Robert Whittaker was cautious about the power of Adesanya. However, the defending champion is still the person who dominates clearly. In the matches, Adesanya launched many low-kicks (low kicks) into the opponent's lower body with accuracy and power. Nigeria's original boxers launched up to 12 low kicks within 6 minutes and caused Whittaker's leg to swell.
Robert Whittaker tried to counterattack with hooks and excavations whenever Adesanya approached. The defending champion remains loyal to low kicks and moves to defense waiting for counterattack when the opponent launches Jab. Robert Whittaker accelerated in the fifth round but could not knock down the rival.
In the end, Israel Adesanya defeated Robert Whittaker by calculating the consent (48-47, 48-47, 49-46). Adesanya launched 188 attacks, hit 98 attacks to successfully defend the championship belt. This is the fourth time since 2019, Israel Adesanya successfully defended the championship before the challenges of the opponents.
Since signing a contract with UFC in 2018, Israel Adesanya won 11 matches in the middle class, only the record of the legendary Anderson Silva two more victories. The only defeat of this boxer in the world's leading MMA arena in the lower level with a loss by calculating the agreement against rival Jan Błachowicz.
After the match, Adesanya came and shook hands with Whittaker. In the octagonal cage, Adesanya said: 'Whittaker will bring everything here to regain the championship, he has nothing to lose. However, I am the champion. He improved the ability to fight compared to the first meeting and prevented me from giving me the advantage. I want to continue playing in June with rival Jared Cannonier '.