Former Final Combating Championship (UFC) middleweight champion Robert Whittaker has now captured three straight wins over Prime 5 opponents and holds an 11-1 document within the 185-pound weight class relationship all the way in which again to late 2014.
The bookies stay unimpressed.
Whittaker (23-5) opened because the +210 underdog in opposition to reigning middleweight champion Israel Adesanya, most likely as a result of the one loss charged to “The Reaper” — coming by the use of knockout — was courtesy of “The Final Stylebender” at UFC 243 in Oct. 2019.
Adesanya is at the moment the -250 favourite, in line with BetOnline.ag.
Whittaker, 30, punched his ticket to a different middleweight title struggle by turning away veteran bruiser Kelvin Gastelum at UFC Vegas 24 final weekend in “Sin Metropolis,” whereas Adesanya, 31, is trying to rebound from his gentle heavyweight loss to Jan Blachowicz.
Nothing is official right now however the promotion is predicted to place one thing collectively later this summer season, relying on the restoration timeline for Whittaker.