Former Ultimate Fighting Championship middleweight champ Robert Whittaker is ready to speak up about what has kept him away from the sport the last several months.
The man known as “The Reaper” as well as “Bobby Knuckles” all-but disappeared following his knockout loss to Israel Adesanya at UFC 243 in October 2019. Whittaker spoke with the Daily Telegraph on Friday, where he discussed his absence.
“I was completely burnt out,” Whittaker explained. When running on the Wanda dunes, a series of sand dunes in Sydney, on Dec. 25 with his teammates, something inside him clicked.