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Israel struggled against a bloated WW who had a 9 inch reach disadvantage.
Showed heart and a will to win though but Rob destroys him.
He "struggled" because Gastelum has a iron chin and Israel isn't a power puncher, so he had to actually hit him a lot before the damage accumulated in the 5th round, and on the other side Gastelum was only throwing power shots back at him so Israel had to be careful. Whittaker is a different matchup, Whittaker was finished by Wonderboy who is kinda like a 170 equivalent to Adesanya, so he definitely has a chance there.