Israel Adesanya vs. Robert Whittaker 2 Set for UFC 271

Israel Adesanya will return to action on February 12th at UFC 271 at The Toyota Center in Houston, Texas, and will face a familiar foe in Robert Whittaker. The bout was announced by the promotion via Twitter.

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— UFC (@ufc) December 12, 2021

The rematch between UFC Middleweight champion and a former titleholder has been over two years in the making since their first meeting, which took place on October 6th of 2019 at UFC 243. Whittaker was setting the pace for almost full five minutes and Adesanya started to strike back in…