Former middleweight champion and third-ranked 185-pound contender Robert Whittaker has put collectively back-to-back wins this yr rebounding from a loss to Dricus Du Plessis in July 2023.
Recent off of his UFC Saudi Arabia first-round knockout win over Ikram Aliskerov, Whittaker would love a while off earlier than returning to the octagon.
“I do know that the onerous fact within the UFC is that successful opens doorways, so win fights,” Whittaker mentioned throughout an look on From The Stands. “That is additionally, thankfully sufficient, how I make a residing. That is how I earn the bread for my household.
“Truthfully, I am simply going to take a while to sit back. I took the final combat fairly shortly after [Paulo] Costa. It is truthfully felt like one actually lengthy camp,” Whittaker continued. “I’ll take the household away a little bit bit and simply cruise, however I look to smash whoever they put in entrance of me afterwards.”
Whittaker was scheduled to face Khamzat Chimaev within the UFC Saudi Arabia principal occasion however sickness compelled Chimaev out of the combat. After Whittaker’s win, Chimaev tweeted ‘We’re not performed.” Whittaker is not against rebooking a combat with Chimaev however says it is actually as much as the combat promotion.
“I am a middleweight and I do not choose my fights. If that is a combat the UFC needs and continues to be considering making – They need me to headline one other card out that means, it is what I do,” Whittaker mentioned. “Our paths are certain to cross. We’re each High 10 middleweights. It is sort of the sport.”
