It’s been 861 days since Robert Whittaker lost his middleweight title in front of over 57,000 fans at UFC 243 inside Marvel Stadium.
The man who took it from him via a second-round knockout, Israel Adesanya, went on to defend the title three times since, but also suffered his first MMA loss when he moved up a division to light heavyweight and challenged then-champion Jan Blachowicz.
To earn his rematch Saturday at UFC 271 in Houston, Whittaker won three fights in a row all via unanimous…
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