Former undisputed middleweight champion, Robert Whittaker has made plans for an end-of-year Octagon comeback, claiming he will probably be able to “put a beating” on the following opponent the UFC ship his method.
Whittaker, the present quantity three ranked middleweight contender, has been sidelined since he featured on the primary card of UFC 290 again in July, struggling a one-sided second spherical TKO loss to present primary contender, Dricus du Plessis within the pair’s title-eliminator.
The loss returned Whittaker to the loser’s enclosure, following a short return to winning-ways towards Marvin Vettori at UFC Struggle Evening Paris again in September of final 12 months within the promotion’s first foray into France.
Robert Whittaker vows to “flog” subsequent opponent in return to the UFC
And clamoring for a hasty return to competitors following the latest title ascension of Sean Strickland, Whittaker claimed he was “itching” to make a return to the Octagon.
“I wish to struggle anybody – I wish to discover a top-five opponent, as a result of that’s the place I’m,” Robert Whittaker instructed MMA Preventing. “I wish to struggle a top-five opponent. And, mate, I simply wish to flog whoever they put in entrance of me. That’s what I’m within the sport proper now. I’m simply coaching.”
“I’m having fun with coaching, and I’m itching on the bit to get in there and simply put a beating on the following man,” Robert Whittaker defined. “And I’ll wait till the UFC involves me with a ticket.”
Struggling his first loss to a fighter aside from former two-time foe, Israel Adesanya throughout his middleweight tenure after his defeat to du Plessis, Whittaker had landed notable victories on the weight class over the likes of Derek Brunson, Jacare Souza, Yoel Romero, Darren Until, Jared Cannonier, and Kelvin Gastelum, together with the aforenoted, Vettori.
