It’s been more than two years since Robert Whittaker lost his belt to current middleweight champion Israel Adesanya. The ‘Reaper’ found himself on the wrong end of a stunning second round KO, failing to get his hand raised for the first time in half a decade back at UFC 243 in October of 2019.
But, if his outing against the ‘Last Stylebender’ went especially poorly, the time since has been nothing but success. The now 31-year-old has stepped into the Octagon three times since dropping his belt, and walked away with three commanding victories over top-ranked talent in the 185lb division.