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Israel Adesanya picked his shots until Robert Whittaker could take no more.
“The Last Stylebender” signaled the dawn of a new era in the middleweight division, as he defeated Whittaker via second-round technical knockout in the UFC 243 headliner in Melbourne, Australia, on Saturday night. A counter left hook brought an end to Whittaker’s night 3:33 into the second frame, as Adesanya unified the 185-pound belts by pounding on his fallen opponent before he was pulled off by referee Marc Goddard.