Israel Adesanya is still the UFC middleweight champion.
The man known as Stylebender went all five rounds with Robert Whittaker tonight in Houston, Texas, and earned himself a unanimous decision. As usual, plenty of fighters were at home watching and had some input. Check it out below:
My heart with Robert but my mind with Adesanya
— khabib nurmagomedov (@TeamKhabib) February 13, 2022
Man give me any of these guys.
Any. Any time.— Marvin Vettori (@MarvinVettori) February 13, 2022
Whittaker is fighting scared#
— Marvin Vettori (@MarvinVettori) February 13, 2022
Man Izzy is a genius in movement and striking
— Belal Muhammad (@bullyb170) February 13, 2022
Whittaker found a way to get a takedown, but you gotta keep him down!
— Funky (@Benaskren) February 13, 2022
Adesanya is attacking lead leg of Whittaker to take away all The power and forward boxing pressure.
Whittaker can not win moving backward he must Check kicks with forward pressure.— Dominick Cruz (@DominickCruz) February 13, 2022
For as dominant as Izzy is…he isn’t overly offensive. #ufc271
— Michael Chandler (@MikeChandlerMMA) February 13, 2022
The leg is nearly done #ufc271
— JIMI MANUWA (@POSTERBOYJM) February 13, 2022
Whittaker’s jab was effective, timed well and accurate. Close round. #UFC271
— Teddy Atlas (@TeddyAtlasReal) February 13, 2022
Damn!! Incredible to see Izzy only breathing thru his nose midway thru 4th. Not even sitting down between rounds. Discipline. Control.
Both these guys. #UFC271— Dwayne Johnson (@TheRock) February 13, 2022
Regardless the outcome I wanna see this a third time
— Belal Muhammad (@bullyb170) February 13, 2022
Whittaker took 3,4,5 #UFC271
— Justin Gaethje 🇺🇸 (@Justin_Gaethje) February 13, 2022
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