Robert Whittaker could have sat on the sidelines and waited to fight the winner of the upcoming middleweight title bout between Israel Adesanya and Paulo Costa at UFC 253, but ‘The Reaper’ decided to accept a fight against Jared Cannonier instead.
Why? Because the former UFC middleweight champion wants to be more active going forward and is healthy and in good shape following his decision win over Darren Till at UFC on Fight Island 3 last month.
“My thoughts on him are he’s a dangerous guy, like very dangerous,” Whittaker told SiriusXM Fight Nation (h/t Abhinav Kini of The Body Lock MMA) “He’s got knockout power.