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UFC 243’s Israel Adesanya: I should have finished Robert Whittaker in the first round

Israel Adesanya put on the performance of his career on Saturday night, KO’ing Robert Whittaker in the second round of the UFC 243 main event to unify the middleweight titles and cement his position as the best 185-pound fighter in the world.

With that said, Adesanya feels he could have got Whittaker out of there much sooner if only he had continued to attack ‘The Reaper’ after dropping him at the end of the first round. Rather than put his fist in the air, Adesanya feels he could have landed a couple more shots on Whittaker before the bell sounded.