In today's UFC 271 race, defending champion "Black Dragon" Adisaya took on the challenge of Robert Whitaker. In the end, the two played five rounds, and Adisaya won with points.
In the first leg of the match, Adisaya made several effective low sweeps against Whitaker's front legs and made a knockdown, although it did not seem to affect Whitaker's movements, but he also won the first round with this. In the second round, Whitaker stepped up his punches and had a successful kick. The change in Whitaker's tactics seems to have made Adisaya uncomfortable, and achieved some success.
The next game went into a glue pull, and although Adisaya had a certain advantage in the blow, it did not bring a heavy blow to the opponent. It is worth noting that Whitaker has also successfully wrestled or entered the ground to get the dominant position several times, but as a wrestling master and jiu-jitsu black belt, he cannot suppress Adi Saya and get more advantage time. In the end, the two played five full rounds, and Adisaya won by judgment.
This is also the second meeting between the two sides, in 2019's UFC 243, Adisaya had KO Whikett in the second leg. In the two years that followed, Wheelett beat Darren Till, Jared Cannonier and Kelvin Gastelum back on the stage of title challenges.
But Whitaker is like the "five stars" on his chest, he is a warrior who represents "comprehensive" and "balanced", such a player has no obvious shortcomings in technology, and can switch techniques and tactics according to different opponents and changeable situations to form a target. Seemingly impeccable, but when encountering Adi Saya, who is "extremely long on a longboard", it is obvious that balance is still difficult to beat the fine diamond.