March 18, 2025 7:40 pm ET
Robert Whittaker is concentrated on greater issues than a battle with Roman Dolidze.
Dolidze (14-3 MMA, 8-3 UFC) called out both Israel Adesanya and Whittaker after avenging his loss to Marvin Vettori on this previous Saturday’s UFC Struggle Evening 254 most important occasion on the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Whittaker (26-8 MMA, 17-6 UFC) was fast to close down the thought.
“I’m attempting to battle a top-five man, dude,” Whittaker mentioned on his “MMArcade Podcast.” “Be part of the queue.”
Whittaker, the previous UFC middleweight champion, admits he couldn’t make it previous two rounds when he watched the battle.
“I watched a round-and-a-half and was like, ‘Dude, I’ve nothing to realize from this,’ and I went again to (enjoying) Monster Hunter Wilds,” Whittaker mentioned. “Bro, it was identical to the very same as their first battle. They’re nonetheless on the similar pub.
“They’re identical to, ‘Ah, it’s you.’ After which they simply began punching on once more. It’s the very same factor. I reckon they need to run it again to interrupt the trilogy, to get some correct closure on no matter cause they’re having a brawl.”
For now, Whittaker is concentrating on former champ Sean Strickland on June 28 at UFC 317 throughout Worldwide Struggle Week, then will see how he feels a couple of potential transfer as much as mild heavyweight.
“I’m going to resolve after this subsequent battle,” Whittaker mentioned. “(Yet another at middleweight) on the very least relying on – I’m going to actually attempt to push the boundaries of muscle-to-weight ratio and every thing and simply see the place we come up.”
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