Robert Whittaker and Tai Tuivasa shared fun when a fan had some harsh phrases for Paulo Costa.
UFC 284 goes down on February 11 in Perth, Australia. Whittaker was initially anticipated to combat within the co-main occasion towards Costa with tons of assist from the Australian followers. Sadly, the Brazilian scrapped the middleweight matchup as a result of he desires extra money from the UFC earlier than competing once more.
Whittaker, Tuivasa, Kai Kara-France, and Kyle Noke had been featured in a Q&A session in the course of the UFC 284 combat week. Issues began to get out of hand as a fan requested ‘The Reaper’ this query:
“When are you gonna get your fingers on [Paulo] Costa and knock that b*tch out?”
Your complete panel discovered the query amusing, however Whittaker nonetheless gave an sincere reply:
“I needed to get my fingers on him this weekend. That was the plan. I used to be so excited for that combat. I had a variety of plans for it. I believed it will have been a very killer stellar combat. I’d’ve placed on a killer present for you guys, however it’s what it’s.”
The fan ended the entertaining alternate by saying:
“He’s a f*cking p*ssy. F*ck that c*nt”
Watch Robert Whittaker and Tai Tuivasa snigger off the query about Paulo Costa beneath:
Robert Whittaker is uncertain of what’s subsequent for him at middleweight
On April 8, Alex Pereira and Israel Adesanya may have their rematch bout for the UFC middleweight championship. Now that Robert Whittaker probably received’t be combating Paulo Costa subsequent, it’s unclear what’s subsequent for him because the quantity two-ranked contender.
Throughout an interview with MMAFighting, ‘The Reaper’ had this to say about combating both the winner of Pereira/Adesanya or Khamzat Chimaev:
“It is a bizarre place, he is [Chimaev] not even organized middleweight proper now. Umm… there’s a variety of guys in entrance of him, however then I am in a humorous place the place I am in search of an enormous combat. I am simply lurking at, you understand the border of Adesanya-Pereira making an attempt to get my fingers on both of them. So, yeah we’ve to attend and see.”
Whittaker’s subsequent combat may change relying on the result between Pereira and Adesanya. ‘The Final Stylebender’ has two wins towards ‘The Reaper,’ making the matchup much less intriguing than a brand new opponent in ‘Poatan.’ In the meantime, Chimaev is planning to make a everlasting transfer to middleweight, which may place him in a number-one contender combat towards the 32-year-old former UFC champion.