Robert Whittaker believes MMA gloves could play a big factor in a fight between UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya and Alex Pereira . Pereira (6-1 MMA, 3-0 UFC) holds both decision and knockout wins over Adesanya (23-1 MMA, 12-1 UFC) in kickboxing, and the pair are expected to throw down for a third time in the octagon. Although Pereira has gotten the best of Adesanya twice in kickboxing , Whittaker wonders how the former two-division Glory champion will react to Adesanya’s punches in 4-ounce gloves. “Mate, that’s an interesting fight, because I guess a big thing’s gonna be how Alex takes shots, how he handles the shots from Adesanya with the smaller gloves,” Whittaker told Submission Radio . “Because it’s not like Adesanya had an impossibly hard time hitting Alex in their kickboxing fight
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