Robert Whittaker doesn’t perceive why Khamzat Chimaev has instructed him he’ll see him quickly after UFC Saudi Arabia.
Whittaker and Chimaev had been presupposed to headline the cardboard, however simply over every week out from the scrap, Chimaev was compelled out as a consequence of an sickness. Ikram Aliskerov changed Chimaev and Whittaker made fast work of the unranked middleweight as he scored a first-round knockout.
Following the win, Chimaev took to social media to name out Whittaker and say he’ll see him quickly.
“Congratulations [Robert Whittaker] we aren’t finished!” He wrote (through Google Translate). “I want you a speedy restoration [Ikram Aliskerov] preserve your head up my brother.”
Talking on his MMArcade Podcast, Robert Whittaker responded to the remark and laughed it off saying Khamzat Chimaev can’t get into any nation.
“Properly, I’ll say, ‘See you quickly?’ It’s like, the place? You’ll be able to’t get into any nation,” Whittaker stated. “The place are you going to see me, bro? After I’m within the space, proper? Yeah. In order that’s difficult to start out with.”
Following the win over Aliskerov, Whittaker is hoping to combat for the UFC middleweight title subsequent trip and talked about being the backup fighter for the Dricus Du Plessis vs. Israel Adesanya bout.
Robert Whittaker expects to combat Khamzat Chimaev down the road
Though Robert Whittaker is hoping to combat for the middleweight title subsequent trip, he isn’t ruling out combating Khamzat Chimaev down the road.
Whittaker has made it clear he’s prepared to combat anybody and the Aussie is aware of he and Chimaev are each two of the very best middleweights, so he is aware of it’s solely a matter of time till they combat.
“Mate, I’m a middleweight. I don’t decide my fights. If that’s a combat that UFC desires and are nonetheless are involved in making, and so they need me to to headline one other card out that approach? That’s what I do. That’s why I do that. Proper? Our paths are positive to cross. We’re each high 10 middleweights. That’s form of the sport,” Whittaker stated.
Robert Whittaker is 26-7 as a professional and is driving a two-fight profitable streak as earlier than the knockout win over Aliskerov he scored a call win over Paulo Costa.
