Robert Whittaker seems to have little interest in a battle with Roman Dolidze.
The Georgian middleweight picked up the biggest win of his career over Marvin Vettori at UFC Vegas 104 on Saturday evening.
Throughout his post-fight interview, Roman Dolidze demanded a giant matchup after successful a 3rd UFC bout in a row.
Israel Adesanya and Robert Whittaker made up a two-man hitlist of potential opponents for his subsequent Octagon outing.
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Robert Whittaker responds to Roman Dolidze’s name out
Whittaker initially tried to keep away from addressing Dolidze’s name out when he recapped UFC Vegas 104.
The previous middleweight champion admitted to turning off the most recent UFC essential occasion when he realized that Dolidze and Vettori had settled right into a rhythm that was ‘the identical as their first battle’ at UFC 286 in March 2023.
After somewhat little bit of a push, ‘The Reaper’ distanced himself from a possible conflict with Dolidze.
“I’m making an attempt to battle a high 5 man, dude,” Whittaker stated on MMArcade podcast.
“Be part of the queue. I wanna battle Sean [Strickland]. Worldwide Battle Week.”
Robert Whittaker desires Sean Strickland subsequent
UFC 317 will headline the promotion’s thirteenth annual Worldwide Battle Week this coming June.
Whittaker has already made it very clear that’s when he wants to face Sean Strickland in his first battle again since Khamzat Chimaev caved in his teeth with a rear bare choke at UFC 308 final October.
It’s at present unclear if June works for Strickland as the previous middleweight champion is at present therapeutic up after getting his nostril obliterated throughout a five-round resolution defeat against Dricus du Plessis at UFC 312 final month.
“I believe Strickland makes a very good argument to have as a result of I really feel like we’ve each been in that high kind of pond for some time circling one another,” Whittaker stated. “For no matter cause, we haven’t been matched up however we’ve each been in proximity for some time.
“It’s most definitely the battle to make, I’m enthusiastic about that battle. I take a look at his model and I discover it curious. I discover it thrilling to attempt to work out.”
