Robert Whittaker admits Israel Adesanya's trash talking played a factor in their fight

Robert Whittaker believes the trash talk of UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya played a factor in their title fight last year.

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Robert Whittaker admits trash talk from sh*thead Israel Adesanya got in his head: It did, because the last fight I was kind of very emotional”

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