The best of Robert Whittaker and Israel Adesanya's UFC 243 press conference | ESPN MMA
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- Опубліковано 14 сер 2019
- Robert Whittaker and Israel Adesanya talk about their strategies and fighting in Melbourne, Australia a couple of months ahead of their middleweight title fight at UFC 243.
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Tony Ferguson the type of guy to fly to Dublin , Disguise himself as an old man sitting at the bar just so he can refuse a drink from Conor just so he can test that left hand.
Mic O can someone tell me what happened with that guy in Dublin in don't get the jokes. Whay happened
@@SuperbikeDiscovery Conor punch a eldery man, for refusing to drink his whisky. Check out Planetmma or The Weasle.
Fuck sake 😂
OMG that made my day
To condition his chin
Had my dying when he said he wants a 5 round slug fest and a win by split decision
there's something scary about that comment, to me its almost like he doesn't want to knock him out early but want to drag him to deep waters and maybe punish him more, fact that he wants it to be by split decision also seems like he wants the punishment on his side too which makes him kind of a psycho too 😂😂😂 #thereaper
Also pretty sure he was referring to Izzy's last fight with kelvin which was a slug-fest and Izzy only just scraped the victory
@@geraldk1931 casual alert ❗❗❗❗❗
Tells you how much he is shivering in his pants...!
zwskate4u12 how is he a casual for this comment?
There’s an old man in Dublin who can take a mean left hook
Old man vs Conor McGregor 2
He lost consciousness for a brief moment but immediately his mind saw all the money he was going to make, and he woke back up instantly.
MMA Sports Master lol
Dublin is full of old guys like that.
MMA Sports Master hmmm he wont take Conor’s whiskey but he’ll take his money
Whittaker is such a cool guy!
@Bertie Selsdon Izzy is cool too
Steven Diaz yeah cool like a fox
Seems like such a down to earth guy. I'm an Israel fan as well but I gotta go with the humble warrior he got so much class
Gay.
I agree whittaker is a very likeable bloke,more champions should take a leaf out of his book
Israel fought 7 times in 20 months. Thats an insane pace. Gotta give him the credit
BestGlaive in the world He was brought up with Thais with the “take any fight” mentality
@@treroney4720 aahhh interesting
Tre' Roney YOOO that’s essentially the ufc 4 career mode
This comment has aged well with guys like Kevin Holland fighting 6 times in 8 months and Khamzat fighting 3 times in 2 months
@@SkeetWeezy hmm, that would be a good argument had Holland or Chimaev beaten anybody ranked 🤦🏽♂️
Holland, 6 fights against who? Unranked opponents. Chimaev, 3 fights against who? Unranked opponents.
Izzy in just his 3rd fight in the UFC after only being signed for 5 months fought and beat Tavares (ranked 8th) 2 months later, K.O'd Brunson (ranked 6th) then beat Silva (15) 2 months later beat number 1 contender Kelvin Gastelum in the 2019 FOTY then 6 months later K.O'd The Champ, Whittaker in Whittaker's home country in front of a record setting 57,000 of his countrymen
As Larry would say "it ain't about how many fights you've had. It's about who you fought"
“how dare you disrespect The Reaper", that fan was savage especially when he said Izzy wouldn't last 1 round with Yoel Romero
Gerald K 😂
He wouldn’t last 1 round with izzy
Elzxh haha, you fucking casual. Romero would take Israel’s manhood, Israel is a decision machine.
@@elzxh2516 I don't think that's true though I mean the Romero I know is a monster , but since age is a factor I'll have to watch his performance with Costa but as for now I doubt Izzy could beat him
My thtyle ith impetuous My defenth ith impregnable was talking about the fan dipshit
*McGregor sucker punches old man in face*
Old Man: "Who tha fook is dat guy?!"
iMonkeyIII not that it’s much better, but he didn’t punch him. He spilled his whiskey on him.
@@tarikcecunjanin9680 it was a weak left hook followed by the cockroach scurrying for the door. connor cant even win on the regional pub circuit vs geriatrics.
@@tarikcecunjanin9680 he punched him fool.
to be fair i rewatched it and it looks like he just threw wiskey. still though... im highly dissapointed. used to like the little leprachaun.
Symore Pixels that’s to be expected when you shove a glass of booze in front of a dude who doesn’t want any
5 Round Split Decision 😂 Bobby Knuckles knows how much that would crush Mr. Sensitive’s soul.
nah its a reference to izzys last fight with Kelvin
Itsasony Izzy won the Gastelum fight by unanimous decision. He’s referencing his second fight with Romero that everyone still gives him shit about. IMO I thought Whittaker won it
@@Itsasony it is rather a reference to his last fight with yoel in which he robbel romero via split decision. israel could not have been further from a split decision in his last fight you biased goof
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Stiff Askren you use the Word Robbery way to lightly, it was a close match ffs, and many thougjt rob won.
24 hours ago, Stipe Miocic was given a choice
Bahahahaha😂😂
I don’t understand this meme. Can someone please explain?
@@morganadays3530 its a modelo advertisement
"...to spend the rest of his life in subtitles, or learn to annunciate properly..."
Be a bum, or get ktfo again lmao
Whittaker and the Aussie bloke in the back being Aussie while Isreal is spazzing is a low key underrated moment.
thank you brother!!! was hella fun for sure 🤙🏻🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺
This whole thing was strange as hell but i enjoyed it and Robert is funny as hell.
How was it strange? Some of you guys need to go back to football man.... Wtf? Where they supposed to come to the conference meeting singing the sound of music???
GSmooth Fly no dude not my point i love trash talk especially when it’s good like Connor , rampage, Chael etc but they both came off socially awkward especially Israel .
@@cowboybabyyoda6725 Rob is naturally a pretty quiet guy, Israel just loves to talk tough which American fans get off on, but British and Australian fans see right through it and call him out on it like in the video.
I don't think robert is funny but israel adesanya sure is
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Israel’s the interim ‘ultimate feelings champ’
Lmao !!!
Evo Shift the most ignorant comment ever 😂 had to laugh
@Simon Jordan 👈
📢 *HATER ALERT* 🚨
Evo Shift I hope you’re joking, either way you’re not funny.
Charles 😂😂😂😂😂 that’s the best you got man... 😢
I’m gonna assume that was a rob Whittaker shirt haha. That slug fest response was brilliant
Josh Thorpe yeah that’s reaper merch he was wearing
Robert Whittaker: where'd you get it ? Israel: from the dumpster 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
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@@_DUBBL1N_ that comment made Izzy look like a melty snowflake.
I love just how poorly most of these comments aged.
Izzy was dying to get that “Nose Bleed” statement off 😂
But just how good is connor mcgregor? Where does kevin lee fit into all of this? Also never forget 10 years ago brian ortega was given a choice
The Bad Guy
Henry 3rd person Cejudo we need to find ja rule so we can make sense to all of this
Henry 3rd person Cejudo I’ll offer you this...
@@thejkyle yes😂😂😭
@@funguy1453 😂😂
4:50 - How can you not love Rob?
For someone with the nickname "Reaper" he sure has a nice sense of humor, I respect that.
0:24 Max Holloway's father.
😂🤣🤣😂
These comments didn’t age well
Bling Bloaw Lol yea im looking at all the old bobby knuckles comments. They were so sure that rob was gonna win 😂
respect to Adesanya for not caring around that fake belt like Coby.
Adesanya is not only a high class fighter, he also is mental on a different level - that makes him so strong.
And still undisputed UFC middleweight champion of the world Robert the reaper Whittaker 🤛
Israel read the comments. Glad he’s pulled it back a bit close to the fight. BOBBY KNUCKLES 👊👊
"Cracka shirt mate" I don't even know what that means but I like it xp
Aussie sarcasm
@Daniel Grozier your comment mind fucked me😂😭😂😭
What do you think it means
It means great shirt and no Aussie calls a ant ano
@@markusmcdonagh1906 whats an ant and ano?
Who’s here after Israel won 👍
When Whittaker compliment this man's shirt 4:31 he sounds just like Mcgregor lol
These two are my favourite two fighters in the ufc I’m so happy this fight is happening but so distraught because I don’t want either to lose
Izzy was so proud of his "I was in the nosebleeds, now I'll make his nose bleed" thing, though he never really got it right
i remember the entire build up to this fight he wouldnt stop saying that every chance he got like it was the coolest thing in the world lmao so unlikable
The whole reason why I don’t get why Israel is praised as a good talker.
It was one of the best lines said during fight week if you understand the backstory to the line
@@siovaihu5974 it was corny....its wasn't clever....
@@jamescrawley5293 Was clever if he actually did it though lool whittaker noise did bleed in that fight
I’m looking forward to this fight! Go champ! I’m getting one of those t-shirts too!
The champ is such a humble and polite studdddd
Robert Whittaker has the rarest thing a fighter can have: a personality
Damn Robert is getting better at the promos!
Israel is too emotional and the best hes beaten is gastelum. I think Whittaker is definitely levels above Kelvin
@COcO_PuFFs_01 Adesanya is an amazing striker. I agree. I believe in a few years he could possibly give pico Jones a run for his money.
@Matiu Russell You could be right. I'd love to see that match up
Your silly Israels Kickboxing tournaments are killer. He's been scrapping dudes. Shouldn't count him out. Whittakers not.
Matiu Russell yup
@@zechmanning1630 I haven't. Just pointing out the obvious. I think Whittaker is one of if not the most durable MW. My prediction is Israel wins only by ko. I dont see this going to decision. If he cant ko whittaker he loses. 1 way or another. That being said, this is mma. Anything can happen. To act as if we KNOW would be SILLY.
Whittaker is such a nice dude lol and humble no matter what, puts on a good show
Whittaker is awesome.
I'm rooting for yah dude👍
I'm still here.. Celebrating Izzy being a champ
I don’t understand the reason why Israel did not have to fight Yoel.
Josue Camarillo Simple, he can talk to the media and easy to promote. UFC and Dana have been protecting him, they know Yoel would kill him.
@Jessie Christ he ask for yoel after this fight and Costa turned down a fight with izzy do your research b4 talking
Jessie Christ did he?
Raven R Well we know that but wanted to know ufc excuse. Israel is so lucky Robert did most of the hard work thus far by taking Yoel out of the picture for now.
@@TEExJAY24 i swear these white boyz hate pro black fighters
0:24 Max look like sick😂😂
Robert whittiker is possibly the most calm person evr
Rob. Got this one
Came here after Izzy's 2nd win, Izzy backs up everything 🙏
long live king robert! :D
hes such a classy champion, hope it stays like that for years.
It didn’t
This has the making of being one of the best fight in UFC history stylistically
Israel has lowkey started to get cocky af, I mean Robert is a really nice guy
ahmed bayaa doesn't matter, being nice doesn't make you a good fighter in the UFC and Whittaker paid the price tonight
Your opinion does not count, either way Adedanya won, what is your excuse now?
True Dat Hommie, true dat
@@winstonchurchill137 lol Izzy lost to jan so trash
Adesayna could start an argument in an empty room
haha ikr!!
Wasn’t very knowledgeable about Robert Whittaker until I saw a few of his old fights on television . That Aussie is tough as nails, much respect for his pain tolerance and his skills.
That fan was gold
Here after the fight, trolling
Whittaker was whittyer. Adasanya was trying a little to hard to in my opinion 🤙🏽
He has to brother hes the underdog the young new and upcoming fighter he has to try hard.
djordje milanovic he said “young” lol. He’s fucking 30?
Robert is the favorite .._home turf.._of course izzy gonna feel awkward
i just want to say, 30 years old is not fucking old, that's young and in his prime.
Looks like Israel come out on top huh hahahaha
My boy Robert is a cool nice guy. With a beast within
Whittaker is just so fucking awesome
Who needs Rockhold.? Adesanya is the new cringe king
@Regained Confidence Ngannou He grew up in Nigeria, and then NZ where the natives are black. Also, no he doesn't make sense. He tried to insult Rob for going to decision with Romero, even though Israel went to decision with Gastelum AND Silva. And in this conference he also tried to insult Whittaker for representing Aus instead of NZ, but then went on some strange nonsensical rant about "home is where the heart is" which disproves his own point and validates robs point, then just kinda trails off again making no sense saying he flew the Chinese flag cos they paid him to.
Nah, rockhold still holds that crown.
Covington and Cejudo are leagues ahead of both of them
@@MRT408 but he's a hunter now..lol
@Regained Confidence Ngannou muh racism
Im a straight man but whittakers smile is everything!
i love these two guys, im so ready for them to run it back
This is gunna be Pure AWESOMENESS!!!
Lmao "Hope it's a 5 round slugfest and I narrowly win by split decision" 🤣🤣
PhenomReloaded08 fuck no I wanna see a finish don't matter who just want a finish, don't want no decision that's lame af
That's a punk-scare-ass talk...!
"Narrow" win...!?!? GTFOOH
@@duxmealux281 ik what he means he can do that but still finish him
Making fun of izzy's last fight because he barely won against gastellum
@Coza King thank you lol that's why I laughed at it.
So where's all those ignorant Whittaker fans saying 'he'll smash stylebender, he'll flatline him, crush stylebender, yap yap yap!................ y'all calculating fights like maths.....lol, coz he beat Romero n Souza so he'll definitely smash Stylebender, y'all should give Stylebender the credit he deserves, he's a way better fighter than Whittaker.
He's not a "way better fighter than Whittaker"😂😂. You're an African so your opinion is irrelevant when it comes to Adesanya
That last camera angle looks so crisp
I love robert whitaker
I don't know I got a feeling Whittaker is going to win this one.
i got adesanya
@@anon21341 That's what I want to happen but I got a feeling Rob going to catch him
@@DavidRealMusic doubt it
@Trouser Troll Why would the "colored boys" and "antifa" want Rob to win lol
@@jlim003 Rob is faster bro and if Gastelum can catch him I think Rob can too. Except Rob has more power. And he has a killer chin as well those punches that he took from Yoel would have killed lesser men.
This is going to be an interesting fight
Whittiker is nice down to earth guy I hope he wins
I love Whittaker
I’m very interested to see how Adesanya will respond to Whittaker’s pressure.
He'll respond by going to sleep
@@zeMasterRuseman you're delusional
I think ppl are underestimating how good Adesanya is. Gonna be a great fight.
ThatboyLazo I one one think his striking is super overrated he got his face Smashed in by a slower shorter wrestler last fight. Didn’t impress against Silva neither.
Aldin H we shall see tomorrow night. I’m excited to watch.
This fight is underated and idk why...it's going to be epic the atmosphere will be insane and the fight will be FOTY candidate..I hope the co main is Holloway v Volkanowski
Baltimore Fan not happening. Way too soon for Max
Kev G Max finally going to lose.
@@David-xy4br dream on lad...
David 4949 nah
@@David-xy4br nah there no way volkanowski beats max....like literally no possible way
Can't wait for this one.
Robert seems like a very nice guy
**turns volume up** eh?!
We in here
Robert Whittaker is a class act.
I can't lie these are my two favorite fighters by far
The crowd made this pc great 😂
Open the roof on Marvel Uncle Dana! I want to see these 2 throw down under the sun Rumble in the Jungle style
Can’t wait for this fight, I’m the most excited for this fight
whittaker smile is so attractive😊
Robert Whittaker WILL WIN THIS FIGHT! the key to beating style bender is get in his FACE trade punches and kick with him, in the end style bender will break. If they play the chess match than this could favor style bender.
Dnt dissapear from this thread when he loses
How da fook you know hush
Dude said he will win but also says he might lose 😂
So basically what your saying is that Whittaker might win but might also lose? And same thing goes for Israel?....wow, I never thought of it like that.. you truly are a genius.
He should knock Israel out. The fact that Gastelum rocked Izzy with a head kick spells disaster against a guy like Whittaker because he throws head kicks in every fight. Also Whittaker's in and out blitz is exactly what you need against a guy like Israel. Honestly I don't see how Izzy wins it but hey it's MMA crazy shit happens all the times.
Israel wearing a "Pain" jacket?? Awesome👌
Let’s go Robert
This fight right here will end in spectacular fashion!
Someone do a video about how often the Champe says he's feeling the best he ever has, right before he loses the belt. I bet it's a high percentage.
00:24 Max Holloway reporting fights now 😂
I thought the exact same thing lol😂
Omg i thought the same
I am so excited for this match, this is going to be insane
Clever answer from Whitaker at the end there
You can really tell that izzy just wants to be the very best
like no one ever was
To steal every belt is his test
to be in the ring is his cause!
Whittaker is very smart in the mental games. Completely took the spotlight off Israel by politely interrupting him and speaking to someone else. Israel didn’t know what to do 😂
I like both of these Fighters alot. I don't care who wins. Just wanna see a good fight . They are both incredible athletes
Whittaker is my favourite fighter
lol the dude in the audience, messed with his head too funny.
AM I THE ONLY ONE WHO NOTICED NAGATO PAIN IN IZZY's
JACKET
Robert Whitaker is one cool lad
Robert has the best get up in PC and in public meetings among active UFC fighters.
Nobody:
Adesanya: he's a Aussie!
I really do believe Robert Whittaker will knock him out
idk about wtf izzi just said at the end but whittakers take down defence is pretty freakin sharp
This is one motherfuckin helll of a fight!
LMFAO damn you got to love bobby knuckles 😂💪 #andstill
Haha
What's with the random GSP shade at the end Izzy? Accomplish something before trying to diss one of the GOATs
That wasnt shade, when rob said he wants a 5 round slug fest, it was a joke, and israel was taking the piss by saying he'd out wrestle whittaker
Middle weight Belt accomplished. HAHAHAHAHA
Ooooouuuueeee!!!! I'm excited for this fight!!
Win win for the fans in this fight, the reaper and Izzy are both cool guys