Former UFC middleweight champion Robert Whittaker revealed in a recent interview with Mark Howard that Israel Adesanya pushed all his buttons in the leadup to UFC 243 and made ‘The Reaper’ lose his cool on fight night.
Whitaker was knocked out by Adesanya in the second round and admits that the pre-fight trash talk played a huge role in the outcome. The Aussie still thinks Adesanya is a ‘piece of sh-t’ but is determined to keep his emotions under control in the rematch.
“Lets not talk too much about Israel because I think he’s a piece of sh-t,” Whittaker said (h/t MMAMania).