‘He’s Just Playing Games Again’

Former undisputed middleweight champion, Robert Whittaker could have verbally agreed to combat former title challenger, Paulo Costa at UFC 299 in March, nevertheless, the ex-titleholder will now goal a UFC 300 return as an alternative, along with his supervisor claiming the Brazilian remains to be “enjoying video games” on a bout along with his shopper.

Whittaker, the present quantity three ranked middleweight contender, most not too long ago featured on the primary card of UFC 290 again in July throughout Worldwide Combat Week, dropping a shocking second spherical TKO loss to incoming UFC 297 headliner and title challenger, Dricus du Plessis. 

Struggling his first loss on the middleweight restrict to any contender apart from former two-time foe and champion, Israel Adesanya, Whittaker has the topic of a name out from Brazilian ace, Costa, who claimed he was ready to combat him within the opening quarter of subsequent 12 months.

And himself concentrating on a combat in March at UFC 299 – which is at present slated for a Miami, Florida touchdown pad, Whittaker tagged Costa in a publish on his official social media – including gas to the fireplace of a once-planned pairing.

Nevertheless, so far as the ex-champion’s supervisor, Titus Day is worried, a UFC 300 return in opposition to former undisputed welterweight champion, Kamaru Usman is on the New Zealand-born fighter’s radar, who accused Costa of “playing games again” throughout a latest interview with Fox Sports Australia.

Robert Whittaker targets UFC 300 conflict with Kamaru Usman

Himself speaking up the opportunity of preventing former pound-for-pound primary, Usman sooner or later, Whittaker urged the Auchi native to stay on the 185 pound restrict amid a latest divisional bow in opposition to Khamzat Chimaev at UFC 294 again in October. 

“Undoubtedly, the (Kamaru) USman combat pursuits me as a result of I simply suppose we’re each guys which are on the tip of the meals chain and I wish to give him a correct welcome to the middleweight division,” Robert Whittaker instructed Submission Radio. “I identical to that combat… he’s among the best welterweights to do it and I feel preventing fights of that calibre makes me excited. It’s a face I haven’t fought earlier than, it’s thrilling, it’s completely different.”

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