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“I think he’s a guy I can pick apart easily,” Adesanya told MMA Fighting during the UFC 243 media conference call. “But as a challenger, I haven’t faced (him) before, (but) I don’t think [he poses a lot of challenges].
“I think he just does what he does very well. But there’s going to be a certain amount of awkwardness that he has that I feel like I haven’t seen before, but he can try and prove me wrong.
“From what I see, I’ll pick him apart quite easily.”
“I have attributes that I use very well, and I think what his camp might look at is the last fight and think, Kelvin (Gastelum) was able to get close...
“That was just an error on our part – and a beautifully crafted game plan on their part – on how to get close, but we’ve taken care of those errors and those misjudgments on our side. So, yes, I’m going to be able to use my height and reach, like I always have.”
“For ring rust he can say what he has to say to keep him believing, but there’s a difference between fighting in front of 50 people in some hall and fighting in front of 60,000 people in a stadium. I’ve been active; he hasn’t. I have momentum on my side; he hasn’t.
“I really don’t care if he’s ring rusted or if he’s [not] – I’m just going to do what I do anyway. It doesn’t really matter what he’s bringing. I could start fast, I could start slow, how I please, or ... how he presents himself to me (as) the best ever that he’s ever been. I just focus on me at the end of the day.”
https://www.mmafighting.com/2019/9/...ert-whittaker-ill-pick-him-apart-quite-easily
“I think he just does what he does very well. But there’s going to be a certain amount of awkwardness that he has that I feel like I haven’t seen before, but he can try and prove me wrong.
“From what I see, I’ll pick him apart quite easily.”
“I have attributes that I use very well, and I think what his camp might look at is the last fight and think, Kelvin (Gastelum) was able to get close...
“That was just an error on our part – and a beautifully crafted game plan on their part – on how to get close, but we’ve taken care of those errors and those misjudgments on our side. So, yes, I’m going to be able to use my height and reach, like I always have.”
“For ring rust he can say what he has to say to keep him believing, but there’s a difference between fighting in front of 50 people in some hall and fighting in front of 60,000 people in a stadium. I’ve been active; he hasn’t. I have momentum on my side; he hasn’t.
“I really don’t care if he’s ring rusted or if he’s [not] – I’m just going to do what I do anyway. It doesn’t really matter what he’s bringing. I could start fast, I could start slow, how I please, or ... how he presents himself to me (as) the best ever that he’s ever been. I just focus on me at the end of the day.”
https://www.mmafighting.com/2019/9/...ert-whittaker-ill-pick-him-apart-quite-easily
