Robert Whittaker Quotes
I don't pick and choose. I've never really had an qualms about who I fight next.
Whittaker, Robert. Post-fight Press Conference. UFC 213, Ultimate Fighting Championship, 8 July 2017.
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.