Former Ultimate Fighting Championship champ Robert
Whittaker shall be prepared irrespective of who will get thrown at him in
Australia.
Again in October, the UFC confirmed the reserving of Whittaker (24-6)
in opposition to Paulo Costa
(14-2) for UFC 284. The occasion shall be held on the RAC Enviornment in
Perth, Australia, in what’s a house sport of kinds for Whittaker.
Nevertheless, the middleweight matchup didn’t seem like set in stone
when Costa revealed on his social media that he had not signed to
battle. As a substitute, he claimed he “politely” declined the multi-fight
contract that the promotion supplied. Whereas the pairing has not been
formally scrubbed, Whittaker and his workforce are already making ready
for the potential for different foes. Sherdog spoke to Whittaker’s
coach, Alex Prates, about this case on Thursday.
“I see Costa utilizing that battle to renegotiate his contract and I
actually hope he can do this, [as] what [is good for him] is sweet for
all people,” coach Prates defined to Sherdog. “Now I see an amazing
chance that he is not going to face Robert at UFC 284.”
In line with Brazilian coach, the workforce was not totally offered on
the battle coming collectively since day one.
“We knew there was an enormous chance that Costa and UFC didn’t
attain an settlement, however Robert by no means stopped educated,” Prates stated.
“Irrespective of who UFC will select, if [it is] Costa, ‘Poatan’
[Alex
Pereira] or every other. [That person] will face the most effective
Whittaker on February 11.”
There was no public motion in direction of a distinct adversary for
the previous champ, one who has competed in opposition to a lot of the
division. With the dance playing cards of a number of potential foes filling
up – together with Marvin
Vettori combating Roman
Dolidze
in March – and others corresponding to Jared
Cannonier and Sean
Strickland possible competing too shut in proximity to Feb. 11,
choices are notably restricted. Whittaker, who’s coming off a
September victory in opposition to the aforementioned Vettori, isn’t ruling
out the possibility of taking part in host in Australia to the newly topped
titleholder, nonetheless unlikely.
“We all know how onerous it’s [for] ‘Poatan’ to chop weight and attain
middleweight division,” the coach famous. “He simply handed by means of
that tough course of, so I don’t consider he would do this once more in
such a short while. However as I stated, irrespective of who will come,
Whittaker shall be prepared.”
