Former undisputed middleweight champion, Robert Whittaker has lifted the lid on his recent training sessions with fellow ex-titleholder and two-fight foe, Israel Adesanya — claiming during the height of their rivalry back in 2019, he could’ve envisioned himself running the City Kickboxing striker down with his car.
Whittaker, a perennial contender at the middleweight limit and the current number four ranked challenger in the division, has been out of action since last October, where he co-headlined UFC 308 in a rescheduled clash with the unbeaten, Khamzat Chimaev.
And suffering a dominant opening round face crank submission loss to the undefeated Chechen in the pair’s title-eliminator, Whittaker has yet to book his return to action in the new year.