Chael Sonnen thinks Robert Whittaker was petrified against Israel Adesanya in their first middleweight title fight at UFC 243 and believes said fear factor played a major role in ‘The Reaper’s’ knockout defeat.
“I believe Robert Whittaker was petrified the first time they fought and I don’t know why,” Sonnen said on his YouTube channel when making a prediction for Adesanya vs. Whittaker 2 (h/t BJPenn.com). “Cause Robert Whittaker was believed by many people that he was going to stop Adesanya. Don’t forget it was Whittaker who was the champion at the time.”
“Whittaker was the one that walked out second.