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Robert Whittaker calls for UFC comeback this year: ‘I’m itching to put a beating on the next guy’

Former undisputed middleweight champion, Robert Whittaker has made plans for an end-of-year Octagon comeback, claiming he will be ready to “put a beating” on the next opponent the UFC send his way.

Whittaker, the current number three ranked middleweight contender, has been sidelined since he featured on the main card of UFC 290 back in July, suffering a one-sided second round TKO loss to current number one contender, Dricus du Plessis in the pair’s title-eliminator.

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The loss returned Whittaker to the loser’s enclosure, following a brief return to winning-ways against Marvin Vettori at UFC Fight Night Paris back in September of last year in the promotion’s first foray into France.