Former UFC middleweight champion Robert Whittaker recently teased a potential move up to light-heavyweight, but he’s now decided to have one more fight at 185lbs before making a final decision on where his future lies.
“I’m going to decide after this next fight,” Whittaker said on his MMArcade podcast. “So one more at middleweight at the very least depending on I’m going to really try and push the boundaries of muscle-to-weight ratio and everything and just see where we come up.”
Whittaker had been pushing for another shot at the middleweight title last year, and started strongly with back-to-back wins over Paulo Costa and Ikram Aliskerov.
However, Whittaker then went on to fight Khamzat Chimaev in a potential title eliminator last October and suffered a convincing loss that saw him submitted in the first round via a face crank that dislocated his jaw.
Whittaker has since expressed his interest in fighting another former 185lb champ in Sean Strickland next, and in his latest podcast he confirmed that remains his primary target, while adding that he’d like it to take place at UFC 317 on June 28th.
“That would be great,” Whittaker said regarding a possible match-up against Strickland. “International Fight Week.”
