UFC President Dana White is impressed with middleweight contender Robert Whittaker.
In an interview with FOX Sports in Austrailia, White praised Whittaker and talked about the potential of him fighting for the title in his native Australia.
“Let me tell you what: I’d love to be doing the middleweight world title back in Australia. How crazy you think that would be?” White said.
“I’ve been saying for a long time, Australia’s been such an amazing market for us. Every time, talk about good fights, every time we do a fight in Australia, the fights are incredible. They’re some of the best fights I’ve ever see in my life.
“I always look forward to getting back to Australia. I love it there. Australia’s been very good to the UFC and to the sport of mixed martial arts. Now, it looks like you guys could potentially have a world champion.”
While White gave some potentially exciting news for Australian fans, White also continued to talk about how impressed he’s been with Whittaker, who is unbeaten since moving to the middleweight division.
“The guy’s an absolute stud,” White said.
“The way that he went in and handled Jacare, and my big thing was, this fight’s gonna be determined by the first clinch, and sure enough, in that first clinch, right there in the first round, Robert Whitaker handled himself unbelievably in a clinch with Jacaré.
“They went to the ground, he gets back to his feet and he did was Robert Whittaker does, man. He started letting those hands go.
“That kid’s got absolute destructional power in both of his hands. When this guy starts punching, man, you’re in big trouble. He looked great, and he’s a super good guy. He has all the tools to be the first world champion out of Australia, in the UFC.”
Whittaker is on a seven-fight win streak in the UFC. He is currently coming off two consecutive TKO wins over Ronald “Jacare” Souza and Derek Brunson.
