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 really like a while off earlier than returning to the octagon.
“I do know that the exhausting reality within the UFC is that successful opens doorways, so win fights,” Whittaker mentioned throughout an look on From The Stands. “That is additionally, happily sufficient, how I make a dwelling. That is how I earn the bread for my household.
“Truthfully, I am simply going to take a while to relax. I took the final battle fairly shortly after [Paulo] Costa. It is truthfully felt like one actually lengthy camp,” Whittaker continued. “I’ll take the household away somewhat 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 fundamental occasion however sickness pressured Chimaev out of the battle. After Whittaker’s win, Chimaev tweeted ‘We aren’t achieved.” Whittaker is not against rebooking a battle with Chimaev however says it is actually as much as the battle promotion.
“I am a middleweight and I do not decide my fights. If that is a battle the UFC desires and remains to be curious about making – They need me to headline one other card out that method, it is what I do,” Whittaker mentioned. “Our paths are certain to cross. We’re each Prime 10 middleweights. It is form of the sport.”
