Robert Whittaker is within the strategy of preparing for his UFC 308 major event against Khamzat Chimaev in October and after watching Dricus Du Plessis retain the middleweight title at UFC 305, he believes he now knows what it takes to beat him.
This past Saturday at UFC 305, Dricus Du Plessis successfully defended his 185lb title in an enormous grudge match against former champion, Israel Adesanya.
Robert Whittaker has had the pleasure of sharing the Octagon with each fighters, unfortunately holding losses to each, along 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 preparing for his October twenty sixth fight against Khamzat Chimaev, he’s hoping at hand ‘Borz’ the primary lack of his profession, earning himself one other shot at undisputed gold.
Nevertheless, he’ll likely should wait for Sean Strickland to fight for the title first as prior to UFC 305, Dana White confirmed that Strickland is next in line.
‘Stillknocks’ is widely thought to be considered one of the sloppiest UFC champions because he isn’t essentially the most technical or clean striker. Despite that, the 31-year-old continues to tug off upset wins, silencing doubters.
“I feel for starters, Adesanya looked sharp, he looked really good, that was truthfully considered one of the higher versions of Adesanya we’ve seen, he was dangerous. Dricus, mate, how do you sum him up, dudes tough as nails, he’s got a ticker and he’s got the suitable mind space, he’s willing to die on his shield,” Whittaker began to clarify on the MMArcade podcast.
“He’s tough as nails, he’s so awkward and cumbersome to look at but he gets it done, he makes it work. He runs at you throwing punches such as you stole something from him and it really works.
“Technically, nothing changes from when he’s drained to not drained, he’s just a little bit faster. There’s a way to his madness. He’s a weapon and a real warrior,” Whittaker continued.
Robert Whittaker claims he now knows what it takes to beat Dricus Du Plessis
Having shared the Octagon with him and having seen him fight in two title fights since, ‘The Reaper’ believes he now knows what it takes to beat the South African champion.
“To sum all of it up, I feel Adesanya looked outstanding, Dricus is only a warrior and I understand what you want to do to beat him (now), you want to be ready to depart all of it there, like, you want to be able to die to beat him,” Whittaker claimed.
Following his win, Du Plessis admitted within the post fight press conference that he believes Whittaker is unlucky to miss out on the subsequent title shot, as he believes the previous champion deserves it greater than Strickland.
“I feel so too. But let’s be honest, I’ve got to get through Chimaev. Chimaev is the largest thing within the middleweight division right away so I’ve got to remain locked in and on task and worry about where the cards fall afterwards,” Whittaker stated.
The 33-year-old believes that as an alternative of Strickland being guaranteed the title shot next, he should should rematch ‘The Last Stylebender’ first to actually earn one other shot on the title.
“I feel (Adesanya) fighting Strickland is sensible. Truthfully, I don’t know (what’s next for Adesanya) and I don’t like fascinated by it an excessive amount of. I wanna see him fight Strickland otherwise wait and see what happens with this (Jared) Cannonier fight with (Caio) Borralho,” the previous champ suggested.
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