Robert Whittaker is no longer middleweight champion after Israel Adesanya defeated him by technical knockout in the second round in the UFC 243 headliner this past Saturday.
It was Whittaker’s first loss in the middleweight division, yet Kelvin Gastelum believes if they fought in February he would have been the person to beat Whittaker. Whittaker and Gastelum were slated to meet at UFC 234 before “The Reaper” withdrew from the contest due to a hernia.
Gastelum says he was not impressed by Whittaker’s outing against Adesanya and knew he would have dropped him based on his footwork and head movement.