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Robert Whittaker

ABOUT LATEST NEWS ABOUT Robert "The Reaper" Whittaker is a former Champion with a professional MMA record of 23-wins and 6-losses. He is currently ranked #1 in the Middleweight Division and #14 in the UFC Men's pound-for-pound rankings. br br br

Early Life and Career

br Whit taker started his martial arts journey at age 7 when he started learning Goju-Ruy Karate. He trained in it for 8 years and got his black belt before switching to Hapkido. After his Hapkido gym was turned into an MMA gym, Whittaker started pursuing Mix Martial Arts. br Robert made his debut in 2009 against Chris Tallowin at XFC 14. He defeated Tallowin via TKO (punches). Following this, he signed up with CFC(Cage Fighting Championships). br Whittaker made his CFC debut against Richard Walsh at CFC 11. He won the fight via rear-naked-choke submission in the second round. Whittaker won his next 5-fights in the promotion before fighting Hoon Kim at Legend Fighting Championship 6. Hoon handed Whittaker his first defeat as he got him to submit in the first round via triangle choke submission. br He bounced back from the loss and defeated Ian Bome via TKO (punches) at CFC 19. Following this, he fought against Shaun Spooner for the Superfight Australia Welterweight Championship at Superfight Australia 13. He defeated Spooner in the first round via TKO to become the new champion. Robert then fought Jesse Juarez for the CFC Welterweight Championship at CFC 21. He lost the fight via unanimous decision. This was Robert's last CFC fight as he joined the Ultimate Fighter: The Smashes.

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Robert Whittaker vs Israel Adesanya

br Robert Whittaker fought Israel Adesanya at UFC 243 for the UFC Middleweight Championship. The first round saw back and forth between the fighters with, Adesanya dropping Whittaker with a right-hand right before the bell. br Whittaker started strong in the second round and landed some combinations. However, he got caught by an Adesanya left hook followed by ground-and-pound in the latter half of the round, resulting in him losing the fight and the championship via KO (punches). br br

Robert Whittaker vs Kelvin Gastelum

br Robert Whittaker fought at UFC on ESPN: Whittaker vs. Gastelum. Whittaker outclassed Gastelum in the fight and out-landed him throughout the fight using his superior arsenal of kicks and punches. Whittaker rocked Gastelum in the first round with a one-two head kick combination and continued to land combos and ground-and-pound to get the unanimous decision victory. br br br br

Robert Whittaker Career Stats

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Current Status

Robert Whittaker's current record stands at 23-5. He is a former UFC Middleweight Champion. br

Win-Loss-Draw

MatchesWinsLossesDraws252360

Wins by KO TKO

9 br

Wins by Submission

5 br

WIns by Decision

9 br

Current Titles

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Reach

73 1⁄2 in (187 cm) br

Weight

185 lb / 84 kg br

Weight Class

(2014-present) (2009-2014) br

Robert Whittaker Last Fight

br Robert Whittaker's last fight was against Kelvin Gastelum at UFC on ESPN 22- Whittaker vs. Gastelum. He won the fight via unanimous decision br

Robert Whittaker Next Fight

br Robert Whittaker is scheduled to fight Marvin Vettori at UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Vettori on 3 September 2022. br

Robert Whittaker Record

br Listed below is the professional record breakdown of Robert Whittaker: br ResultRecordOpponentMethodEventDateLoss23-6Decision (unanimous)UFC 27112/02/2022Win23-5Kelvin GastelumDecision (unanimous)UFC on ESPN 22 - Whittaker vs. Gastelum17/04/2021Win22-5Jared CannonierDecision (unanimous)UFC 25424/10/2020Win21-5Darren TillDecision (unanimous)UFC on ESPN 14 - Whittaker vs. Till25/07/2020Loss20-5KO (punches)05/10/2019Win20-4Decision (split)UFC 22509/06/2018Win19-4Yoel RomeroDecision (unanimous)UFC 21308/07/2017Win18-4Ronaldo SouzaTKO (head kick and punches)UFC on Fox: Johnson vs. Reis15/04/2017Win17-4Derek BrunsonTKO (head kick and punches)UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Brunson27/11/2016Win16-4Rafael NatalDecision (unanimous)UFC 19723/04/2016Win15-4Uriah HallDecision (unanimous)UFC 19315/11/2015Win14-4Brad TavaresKO (punches)UFC Fight Night: Miocic vs. Hunt10/05/2015Win13-4Clint HesterTKO (knee and punches)UFC Fight Night: Rockhold vs. Bisping08/11/2014Win12-4Mike RhodesDecision (unanimous)UFC Fight Night: Te-Huna vs. Marquardt28/06/2014Loss11-4Stephen ThompsonTKO (punches)UFC 17022/02/2014Loss11-3Court McGeeDecision (split)UFC Fight Night: Condit vs. Kampmann 228/08/2013Win11-2Colton SmithTKO (punches)UFC 16025/05/2013Win10-2Brad ScottDecision (unanimous)UFC on FX: Sotiropoulos vs. Pearson15/12/2012Loss9-2Jesse JuarezDecision (unanimous)Cage Fighting Championships 2118/05/2012Win9-1Shaun SpoonerTKO (punches)Superfight Australia 1323/03/2012Win8-1Ian BoneTKO (punches)Cage Fighting Championships 1909/12/2011Loss7-1Hoon KimSubmission (triangle choke)Legend Fighting Championship 630/10/2011Win7-0Corey NelsonSubmission (armbar)Cage Fighting Championships 1826/08/2011Win6-0Ben AllowaySubmission (rear-naked choke)Cage Fighting Championships 1703/06/2011Win5-0Nate ThomsonSubmission (rear-naked choke)Cage Fighting Championships 1508/10/2010Win4-0Jay CobainSubmission (armbar)Cage Fighting Championships 1405/06/2010Win3-0Nick ArielKO (punch)Cage Fighting Championships 1212/03/2010Win2-0Richard WalshSubmission (rear-naked choke)Cage Fighting Championships 1120/11/2009Win1-0Chris TallowinTKO (punches)XFC 1414/03/2009 br No thanks Delete Cancel Update Reply ❮ ❯ Be the first one to comment on this story

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