Robert Whittaker is putting his foot down about who and what should be next after his victory at UFC Vegas 24: a world title shot against middleweight champion Israel Adesanya. It has been a year and a half since Israel Adesanya defeated Robert Whittak…
Robert Whittaker is putting his foot down about who and what should be next after his victory at UFC Vegas 24: a world title shot against middleweight champion Israel Adesanya. It has been a year and a half since Israel Adesanya defeated Robert Whittaker to become the undisputed UFC middleweight champion. After dropping the title […]
Robert Whittaker wants his rematch against Israel Adesanya, and he wants it now. Whittaker called out the UFC middleweight champion Saturday night after his unanimous-decision …
Robert Whittaker wants his rematch against Israel Adesanya, and he wants it now. Whittaker called out the UFC middleweight champion Saturday night after his unanimous-decision …
Kelvin Gastelum envisions a title fight for the winner of his upcoming fight. Gastelum steps in on short notice to take on former champion Robert Whittaker in a middleweight headliner at the UFC Vegas 24 event taking place Saturday night. It’s a fight that is over two years in the making after their initial UFC […]
Kelvin Gastelum envisions a title fight for the winner of his upcoming fight.
Gastelum steps in on short notice to take on former champion Robert Whittaker in a middleweight headliner at the UFC Vegas 24 event taking place Saturday night.
It’s a fight that is over two years in the making after their initial UFC 232 meeting in February 2019 was scrapped after Whittaker had to pull out just hours before the fight.
And although he only just returned to the win column against Ian Heinisch in February to snap a three-fight losing streak, Gastelum believes the winner of this upcoming fight will face middleweight king Israel Adesanya next.
“I think the winner of this fight gets the ‘Izzy’ rematch,” Gastelum told reporters (via MMA Junkie) during media day on Wednesday.
While it would certainly be the case if Whittaker wins, one would imagine Gastelum requires at least one more win to get a title shot. However, a win in what he feels can only be an exciting fight may well be enough.
“Two guys that are that are entering their prime,” Gastelum explained. “Where he’s highly skilled, I believe I have the skills to match it or be even better, so the fight fans are in for a nice, nice fight you know, and that’s why I’ve always liked this fight, is just because I think the styles mesh up really well, and it’s going to be a really exciting fight.”
A win would arguably be Gastelum’s biggest of his career. That said, what he really wants is the title — especially earning it by getting revenge on Adesanya following their epic five-round war at UFC 236 back in April 2019.
“I get the win, I get my hand raised, and I get the the chance to fight for the title next,” Gastelum added.
Marvin Vettori has made it clear he deserves the next middleweight title shot. In the lead-up to his UFC on ABC 2 main event against Kevin Holland, Vettori said with a win he wanted a title shot. He believed he was already the number one contender afte…
Marvin Vettori has made it clear he deserves the next middleweight title shot. In the lead-up to his UFC on ABC 2 main event against Kevin Holland, Vettori said with a win he wanted a title shot. He believed he was already the number one contender after Darren Till pulled out. Although he didn’t get […]
UFC middleweight fighter Martin Vettori wants a rematch against Israel Adesanya. After beating Kevin Holland via unanimous decision on Saturday, Vettori told…
UFC middleweight fighter Martin Vettori wants a rematch against Israel Adesanya. After beating Kevin Holland via unanimous decision on Saturday, Vettori told…
Kevin Holland feels that the backlash following Israel Adesanya’s controversial comments is much ado about nothing. UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya recently made headlines for making off-color remarks about fellow middleweight Kevin Holland. …
Kevin Holland feels that the backlash following Israel Adesanya’s controversial comments is much ado about nothing. UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya recently made headlines for making off-color remarks about fellow middleweight Kevin Holland. During an exchange on Instagram, Adesanya told Holland that he would “rape” him. As a result, New Zealand Deputy Prime Minister Grant […]
Kelvin Gastelum envisions a title fight for the winner of his upcoming fight. Gastelum steps in on short notice to take on former champion Robert Whittaker in a middleweight headliner at the UFC Vegas 24 event taking place Saturday night. It’s a fight that is over two years in the making after their initial UFC […]