Robert Whittaker is not ready to write off fellow former UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya just yet.
Adesanya (24-4 MMA, 13-4 UFC) will look to snap a two-fight losing skid when he takes on Nassourdine Imavov (15-4 MMA, 7-2 UFC) on Feb. 1 in the UFC Fight Night 250 headliner at ANB Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Adesanya’s two losses came in title fights against Sean Strickland and most recently current UFC middleweight champ Dricus Du Plessis. Whittaker (27-8 MMA, 17-6 UFC) rates Imavov’s skills highly but isn’t sure he has the style to beat Adesanya.