It took way longer than it should have (more than 2.5 years), but the highly-anticipated rematch between Middleweight champion, Israel Adesanya, and former 185-pound kingpin, Robert Whittaker, finally goes down tonight (Sat., Feb. 12, 2022) from inside Toyota Center in Houston, Texas.
Adesanya dethroned Whittaker at UFC 243 in back in 2019 in front of the largest live audience in the history of the promotion (57,127). He has defended his title three times since, taking out Marvin Vettori, Paulo Costa and Yoel Romero. “Last Stylebender” took a shot at the 205-pound strap as well, but then-champion, Jan Blachowicz, was just too much, winning a a clear-cut unanimous decision. Whittaker, meanwhile, scored sensational victories over Jared Cannonier, Derek Brunson and Yoel Romero (twice). In fact, “Reaper” has won 12 of his last 13 bouts dating all the way back to 2014.
In other words, Adesanya and Whittaker are hands-down the two best Middleweight fighters in mixed martial arts (MMA) and tonight’s bout, which is scheduled for five, five-minute rounds, is going to be epic.
LET’S GO!!!!!
Live updates will began to flow below the moment the two fighters made their way to the Octagon …
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