Robert Whittaker

Robert Whittaker is an Australian professional mixed martial artist. Each new appearance of an athlete holding a world title promises the audience a lot of exciting and unforgettable emotions. Now, his sophisticated technique and dynamic fighting with an opponent make the fighter a prominent representative of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) in middleweight.

There is little information about childhood and adolescence in the biography of a man. Rob was born on December 20, 1990 in Auckland. In childhood, when the boy was 7 years old, his father enrolled him and his brother in a karate school. He wanted to teach his sons to self-discipline and self-defense. Whittaker trained here for eight years, and after receiving a black belt, he decided to try himself in another sport.

The young man decided to master Hapkido and began training in the section under the direction of Henry Perez. However, the coach soon reformatted the school, making it a place for MMA classes. The young athlete had no choice, and mixed martial arts became his main professional occupation.

The popular fighter connected his personal life with Sophia Whittaker. The wedding took place on October 25, 2014. Within a few years, the couple had three children - sons Jack and John and daughter Liliana.

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The wife supports her husband in his career, is attending fights and loves sports herself. On Instagram, a young mother uploads photos and videos where she demonstrates her excellent shape. The athlete himself emphasized in an interview that children and Sofia are the main motivation in his life.

Robert's MMA career began in 2008. The guy signed a contract with Xtreme Fighting and began performing in Australia. In the spring of 2009, the young man showed a beautiful fight with Chris Tallowin, winning the fight by TKO in the 1st round. Subsequent meetings were successful for the athlete. Whittaker suffered his first defeat in 2011 at the Legend Fighting Championships.

In 2012, at the suggestion of trainer Henry Perez, the fighter participated in the original duel of The Ultimate Fighter series. For this match, a team of eight Australian wrestlers was selected to face off against representatives from the United Kingdom.

In the first fight, it took Rob 19 seconds to knock out Briton Luke Newman. This ensured the transition of the athlete to the semifinals. In addition, for a spectacular reception, the Australian received $ 25 thousand for the best knockout of the season.

In the same year, the athlete began performing in the UFC. The debut took place in December. Here Whittaker met with Brad Scott and quickly defeated the opponent. The meeting in May 2013 became successful for the guy: in the 3rd round, he “laid down” Colton Smith by technical knockout. The fights in 2014 also became successful for men.

In 2015, the wrestler fought American mixed style Brad Tavares at UFC Fight Night 65. The Australian's victory secured him the status of a promising MMA player and added new records to his statistics. In November of the following year, Whittaker fought Derek Brunson at UFC Fight Night 101. This time, Rob was in luck again.

Soon after a bright triumph, an athlete from Australia challenged the then strongest fighter from Holland, Gegard Mousasi. The Dutchman had several bright fights on his account, so the guy confidently agreed to fight with an experienced rival, noting in an interview that this meeting would become a landmark in his sports career.

In 2017, fans of the Australian watched a tournament in which their idol had to face off against Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu master and mixed fighter Jacare Souza. The battle turned out to be hot, but Robert once again confirmed his superiority in battles.

The fight with the Cuban Yoel Romero, with whom Rob later met more than once at competitions, was also significant. The referees unanimously declared Whittaker the winner of the match, which allowed him to be considered the first wrestler in Australia and New Zealand to hold the UFC title. He had to miss the rest of the year due to a knee injury.

In January 2018, Robert fell seriously ill: the treatment of the tendon in his leg was complicated by an abscess. Doctors prescribed a course of antibiotics to the athlete, which led to the development of staphylococcal infection in the stomach. Chickenpox was added to health problems, as the fighter said in an interview. In this, however, the Australian was able to find advantages.

The rehabilitation period after illness did not give him the opportunity to participate in UFC 221, but allowed him to support his wife at the time of the birth of his daughter. In 2018, a rematch took place with Yoel Romero, where the man again defeated the opponent. Soon it was reported that in February 2019, Whittaker would meet with Calvin Gastelum.

The wrestler was preparing for the tournament, but before the fight itself began to complain of severe pain in the stomach. Rob was urgently hospitalized and underwent double surgery. It turned out that the Australian suffered from a hernia of the intestine. His representative later announced that if the attack of pain had not happened and Rob participated in the battle, then the battle could have ended fatally for him.

In the fall of 2019, the man recovered, got stronger and began to prepare for a new tournament with New Zealand MMA fighter and Nigerian kickboxer Israel Adesanya. Shortly before the meeting, the Australian colleague - American John Jones - offered his friend joint training. Whittaker abandoned this idea, since both athletes were on different continents. In the battle that took place, the Nigerian was stronger.

In March 2020, Robert was to have a duel with Jared Cannonier. However, the athlete canceled the meeting without specifying the reasons. Rumors appeared in the press that the athlete's daughter was seriously ill, and the father was going to become a donor for a bone marrow transplant.

2012 - fight for the title of middleweight champion of the SFA Championship

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