UFC 271: Israel Adesanya vs Robert Whittaker 2 Prediction, Odds and Fight Preview


UFC 271: Israel Adesanya vs Robert Whittaker 2 Prediction, Odds and Fight Preview

Israel Adesanya vs Robert Whittaker 2 Prediction

The main event of the UFC 271 fight card features the fight between the UFC Middleweight champion, Israel Adesanya defending his title against a familiar foe, the former UFC Middleweight champion, Robert Whittaker. It is a rematch that took almost two and half years in making and here is the Israel Adesanya vs Robert Whittaker 2 Prediction, Odds and Fight Preview.

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UFC 271: Israel Adesanya vs Robert Whittaker 2 Fight Preview

The ‘Last Stylebender’ Israel Adesanya is one of the most successful and popular champions of the modern-day UFC. Adesanya made his octagon debut against Rob Wilkinson on UFC 221 and made an impact by winning the performance of the night bonus in his very first fight.

Izzy remained undefeated won five consecutive fights before challenging Kelvin Gastelum for the interim Middleweight title. Israel Adesanya defeated the UFC Middleweight legend Anderson Silva before his fight against Gastelum and then won the interim title by defeating Kelvin Gastelum via unanimous decision.

He then faced Robert Whittaker for the first time and took away his title via second-round KO. After defending his title two times the ‘Last Stylebender’ moved to Light Heavyweight to become two-division champion but he fell short in front of Jan Blachowicz and faced the first loss of his MMA career.

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Adesanya then returned to Middleweight and defended his title in a rematch against Marvin Vettori. Now he is ready to do it again at UFC 271 and display it in front of the world why he is the best Middleweight champion the promotion has ever witnessed.

Robert Whittaker on the other hand is also one of the biggest names in the UFC Middleweight division. Whittaker made his UFC debut against Brad Scott at UFC on Fox: Sotiropoulos vs Pearson where he won the Ultimate Fighter: The Smashes Welterweight tournament.

After having a bumpy start to his UFC career ‘The Reaper’ made his Middleweight debut against Client Hester on UFC Fight Night: Rockhold vs Bisping. Whittaker remained undefeated in the Middleweight division and challenged Yoel Romero for the interim Middleweight title on UFC 213.

‘Bobby Knuckles’ won the fight by unanimous decision of the judges and later on, he was promoted as the undisputed middleweight champion. Whittaker defended his title one more time against Romero before he lost it to Adesanya at UFC 243.

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After this loss, Robert Whittaker tore down the top contenders in the division and won three consecutive fights, and held the number one ranking spot to fight for the title once again. Now ‘The Reaper’ will enter the Octagon with redemption in his mind and claim his title once again.

UFC 271: Israel Adesanya vs Robert Whittaker 2 Prediction and Odds

Israel Adesanya and Robert Whittaker
Israel Adesanya and Robert Whittaker

The UFC Middleweight champion Israel Adesanya is the betting favorite entering into this fight with odds of -280 in his favor against Robert Whittaker who is entering this fight as an underdog with betting odds of +225 in his favor.

It is going to be very interesting to see whether this is going to be one more easy title defense for Israel Adesanya or the gods will finally smile at Robert Whittaker once again and grant him what he once holds around his waist.

Predicted Result: Israel Adesanya def Robert Whittaker  

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