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Matches to Make After UFC on ESPN 22

The big question heading into the main event of UFC on ESPN 22 was not just who would win, but whether the winner would be sufficiently impressive to earn a rematch with Israel Adesanya.

With that in mind, former middleweight champ Robert Whittaker laid a fairly lopsided five-round beating on former title challenger Kelvin Gastelum, albeit with enough back-and-forth action to earn “Fight of the Night” honors. In the immediate wake of perhaps the best performance of Whittaker’s career, the UFC broadcast booth seemed to imply that Adesanya-Whittaker 2 was going to happen, as did “The Last Stylebender,” who sent Whittaker a congratulatory tweet with a little barb reminding him of the outcome of their first meeting.