In a battle between Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) middleweight title hopefuls, surging youngster Robert Whittaker took on streaking knockout artist Derek Brunson last night (Sat., Nov. 26, 2016) at UFC Fight Night 101 live on FOX Sports 1 from inside Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Australia. Whittaker did not disappoint in his first main event billing.
After Brunson punched himself out mid-way through the first round, Whittaker took advantage and began to tag the powerful middleweight. He had Brunson hurt on more than one occasion, but capped off his efforts with a nasty head kick that sent Brunson swirling to the canvas.