Robert Whittaker Quotes


Before The Ultimate Fighter, I was appearing before a couple of hundred people at most. Now, I'm on the card of a Las Vegas blockbuster... this is every Australian fighter's dream.


Citations

Whittaker, Robert. "Whittaker Living the Dream in Las Vegas." Interview by Chris Barrett. The Sydney Morning Herald, Fairfax Media, 24 May 2013.

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Robert Whittaker
Robert Whittaker
  • Born: December 20, 1990
  • Nationality: Australian
  • Profession: Athlete

Robert John Whittaker is a New Zealand-born Australian professional mixed martial artist who is based in Menai, Sydney. He is signed to the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he is a former UFC Middleweight Champion. A professional MMA competitor since 2009, Whittaker was a contestant on the first series of The Ultimate Fighter: The Smashes and won the welterweight tournament. Whittaker became interim middleweight champion after winning the title at UFC 213; he was promoted to undisputed champion after Georges St-Pierre vacated the UFC Middleweight Championship in 2017. As of January 19, 2021, he is #1 in the UFC middleweight rankings and as of March 29, 2021 he is #11 in the UFC men's pound-for-pound rankings.