Robert Whittaker is within the means of making ready for his UFC 308 most important occasion in opposition to Khamzat Chimaev in October and after watching Dricus Du Plessis retain the middleweight title at UFC 305, he believes he now is aware of what it takes to beat him.
This previous Saturday at UFC 305, Dricus Du Plessis efficiently defended his 185lb title in an enormous grudge match in opposition to former champion, Israel Adesanya.
Robert Whittaker has had the pleasure of sharing the Octagon with each fighters, sadly holding losses to each, together with his loss to Du Plessis being an enormous shock on the time.
Robert Whittaker shares his response to Dricus Du Plessis retaining the title
With Whittaker making ready for his October twenty sixth struggle in opposition to Khamzat Chimaev, he’s hoping handy ‘Borz’ the primary lack of his profession, incomes himself one other shot at undisputed gold.
Nevertheless, he’ll doubtless have to attend for Sean Strickland to struggle for the title first as previous to UFC 305, Dana White confirmed that Strickland is next in line.
‘Stillknocks’ is extensively thought to be one of many sloppiest UFC champions as a result of he isn’t essentially the most technical or clear striker. Regardless of that, the 31-year-old continues to tug off upset wins, silencing doubters.
“I feel for starters, Adesanya seemed sharp, he seemed actually good, that was truthfully one of many higher variations of Adesanya we’ve seen, he was harmful. Dricus, mate, how do you sum him up, dudes robust as nails, he’s acquired a ticker and he’s acquired the best thoughts area, he’s prepared to die on his protect,” Whittaker started to elucidate on the MMArcade podcast.
“He’s robust as nails, he’s so awkward and cumbersome to look at however he will get it performed, he makes it work. He runs at you throwing punches such as you stole one thing from him and it really works.
“Technically, nothing adjustments from when he’s drained to not drained, he’s just a bit quicker. There’s a technique to his insanity. He’s a weapon and a real warrior,” Whittaker continued.
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Robert Whittaker claims he now is aware of what it takes to beat Dricus Du Plessis
Having shared the Octagon with him and having seen him struggle in two title fights since, ‘The Reaper’ believes he now is aware of what it takes to beat the South African champion.
“To sum all of it up, I feel Adesanya seemed excellent, Dricus is only a warrior and I perceive what you should do to beat him (now), you should be prepared to depart all of it there, like, you should be able to die to beat him,” Whittaker claimed.
Following his win, Du Plessis admitted within the publish struggle press convention that he believes Whittaker is unlucky to overlook out on the following title shot, as he believes the previous champion deserves it greater than Strickland.
“I feel so too. However let’s be sincere, I’ve acquired to get via Chimaev. Chimaev is the largest factor within the middleweight division proper now so I’ve acquired to remain locked in and on job and fear about the place the playing cards fall afterwards,” Whittaker said.
The 33-year-old believes that as a substitute of Strickland being assured the title shot subsequent, he ought to need to rematch ‘The Final Stylebender’ first to really earn one other shot on the title.
“I feel (Adesanya) combating Strickland is smart. Actually, I don’t know (what’s subsequent for Adesanya) and I don’t like fascinated with it an excessive amount of. I wanna see him struggle Strickland in any other case wait and see what occurs with this (Jared) Cannonier struggle with (Caio) Borralho,” the previous champ prompt.
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