Robert Whittaker made his first official appearance as the UFC’s middleweight champion at the UFC 221 press conference in Perth on Tuesday morning where he claimed he was happy to become the undisputed champion following Georges St-Pierre’s vacation of the title.
According to the New Zealander, as an “objective-driven fighter”, he is happy to have a fight scheduled after some uncertainty following GSP’s capture of the title at UFC 217.
“With the UFC anything can happen really,” said Whittaker.
“There was no clear cut matchup for me at any point in the last six months so I’m just happy to have closure.