Robert Whittaker estará viendo UFC 281 más cerca que la mayoría.

El regreso de este fin de semana al Madison Square Garden muestra la división de peso mediano cuando dos de los mejores delanteros de MMA chocan con el premio más grande en juego. Israel Adesanya, el campeón de la UFC busca defender su título y redimirse ante Alex Pereira, su ex oponente en kickboxing.

A pesar de la participación de Pereira en la lucha por el título, Whittaker todavía es considerado en gran medida el segundo mejor peleador de 185 libras del planeta y cree que es el número uno. [******************************************************************************************************************************************************************* *********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** ***********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************

«Absolutely not,» Whittaker responded when asked on mainevent if he was rooting for someone. I hope that they hurt one another extremely. As bad as (laughs). They should never fight — they must be so hurtful that it is impossible to forgive them.

«I do believe I’m the best middleweight in the world, I just get countered by ‘Izzy’ so hard (laughs). He’s just my counter. He is my counter. I can’t stand him

Whittaker saw his title run come to an end after being knocked out in the second round against Adesanya in their initial Oct. 2019 encounter. They rematched earlier this year with Whittaker, who put up an even more competitive effort but fell short of the unanimous decision.

For Adesanya, he’s been virtually unmatched as a striker in the octagon. The expectation due to their history is that Pereira will provide one of the stiffer challenges yet and Whittaker feels there’s one very specific key factor that the fight will boil down to.

«There’s a few elements that I can see in the fight, which is why I’m paying so much attention to it,» Whittaker stated. «They fought each other multiple times before, but they fought each other in bigger gloves. Both were landing strikes on one another, and tagging the other. How does small gloves impact that? If they can land shots like they did in kickboxing in this fight coming up with the small gloves because the smaller gloves make the biggest difference. It impacts the entirety of the fight. How they engage, how wreckless they are moving forward, all of that.

«How that changes, what is that going to do to the fight itself? Next, which fighter has shown more growth in their time apart from each other since the last bout? In their absence from one another since the last fight, who has developed enough ?»

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VIDEO STEW

Between the Links.

Prochazka vs. Teixeira 2 first staredown.

Special UFC 281 media day.

Embedded 4.

Estado de la división de peso paja de UFC.

Retrospectiva de la carrera de Carla Esparza.

Hacia arriba Poirier contra Chandler.

Los mejores acabados de Dan Hooker.

DC y Anthony Smith analizan UFC 281.

Momentos locos de los próximos luchadores preliminares de Bellator.

UFC 281 CKB Acceso completo Ep. 2.

La mirada del Empire State.

Pereira BTS.

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ESCUCHEN

Diablos de una mañana. Mike Heck de MMA Fighting hace predicciones audaces para el evento principal de UFC 281, Israel Adesanya vs. Alex Pereira.

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BOUILLABAISSE DE MEDIOS SOCIALES

Jiri campeón.

Sano.

Viajar en’.

Deberes.

Sheesh.

Muy bien.

Listo.

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ANUNCIOS DE LUCHA

jordan leavitt (10-2) contra Víctor Martínez (13-4); UFC Fight Night, 25 de febrero

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PENSAMIENTOS FINALES

¿Cómo no amas a Whittaker?

¡Feliz viernes, pandilla! Que tengas un excelente y seguro fin de semana. Gracias por leer.

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ENCUESTA DE SALIDA

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Fuente: https://www.mmafighting.com/2022/11/11/23452115/morning-report-robert-whittaker-hopes-israel-adesanya-and-alex-pereira-never-come-back-the-mismo? rand=96749