No matter what happens between Israel Adesanya and Robert Whittaker, a Gastelum-Adesanya rematch almost seems inevitable at this point.
After their Fight of the Night epic at UFC 236, which saw a bloodied, battered but not beaten Adesanya take home a well-earned unanimous decision win to capture the interim middleweight strap, Gastelum wants to run it back with Adesanya for the real title.
Gastelum, 27, believes his former opponent will beat reigning middleweight king Robert Whittaker in their upcoming title unification bout and foresees a rematch with Adesanya in the not-too-distant future.
It’s a hard one but Israel has my respect!