It is a well known fact that there are no easy fights in the UFC. A fighter has to go through a literal death row in order to acquire the UFC gold in the company. There are some fighters who are ready to take on any opponent presented to them in any part of the world. One such fighter is former middleweight champion of the world Robert Whittaker. Whittaker beat the Brazilian kickboxing legend Paul Costa in his last outing in the UFC.
Robert Whittaker is an absolute fan favorite and one of the most complete mixed martial artist in the world.
MMA Fans react to the surprising statistic regarding Robert Whittaker
Robert Whittaker has been one of the most active fighters in the middleweight division lately. Whittaker became a champion by beating out the monster opponent also called the ‘Soldier of God’ Yoel Romero. He has always responded affirmatively whenever the UFC has presented him with an opponent.
Robert Whittaker has taken on Middleweight greats Paulo Costa, Derek Brunson, Marvin Vettori, Yoel Romero twice, Israel Adesanya twice, and Dricus Du Plessis in his last twelve fights. Folks were surprised to see Whittaker’s insane matchups in the past few years. Following were the reactions that folks gave on the internet.
Robert Whittaker is the iron man of the UFC Middleweight Division
Rob is a real OG
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The fans were quick to give Robert his flowers and even called him the ‘Iron Man’ of the UFC Middleweight division. As of now he is set to take on Khamzat Chimaev another trailblazing opponent in the UFC’s middleweight division. He last beat Kamaru Usman who took the fight on short notice. It’ll be interesting to see if Robert Whittaker claims the UFC middleweight title once more in the near future.
Robert Whittaker showed in his last fight that he is still a very well rounded MMA fighter in the Middleweight division of the UFC. When he out struck Paulo Costa from the outside and inflicted some great damage on the man. Let’s see what happens in the future with the beloved Rob.
