A biography for Robert Whittakerhasn’t been written yet.
“Put me in with anyone in the top 10, and I win.”
“I'm a striker. That's what I enjoy doing. And any chance to display that, I'm happy.”
“I'm very objective driven, so for me it's very important to know who I'm fighting, when I'm fighting, and roughly the direction I'm working in. It gives me that little extra push to do what I need to do to get the sessions, to work towards something.”
“I don't think of myself as the champion too often, honestly.”
“Do I want everyone in Australia to know who I am? Absolutely. But the only way I can do that is by winning fights.”
“Sometimes, it doesn't matter if you're the world champ or not.”
“I hit hard, and I hit fast - much faster than Bisping, much harder than Bisping, and I have much better defence than Bisping.”
“It's definitely a reason I game so much: to forget about the pressures of fighting and the hardships of training and everything.”
“All my skill sets have grown; my experience in the Octagon has grown. I honestly just think I'm getting better with every fight.”
“I'm very proud of my heritage and the blood that runs through my veins. I take a lot of strength from that.”
“I've got to give props to my dad. He got me into the UFC and the MMA scene to begin with.”
“Basically, I try to get across my striking, wrestling and grappling, and jujitsu. Every day, across the board, I try to get an equal amount of sessions throughout the week because I need to improve in all aspects of my fighting.”
“It's a very funny topic, missing weight and getting title shots. I think the punishments should be more severe, but I don't know.”
“Michael Bisping versus Georges St-Pierre is a money fight, and the UFC loves money fights.”
“Come fight night, there will be nerves, but it's how you react to those nerves - doing what you need to regardless - that's how you win fights.”
“I watch a couple of fights to get a visual image in my head. I don't like doing a lot of research on my opponents; I leave that to my coaches.”
“Although I didn't spend much time in New Zealand at all, I feel really privileged to have that Maori blood and link to my past. I got my tattoo out of respect to that.”
“As a fan of this sport, I am gutted to see 'Jacare' lose. To be matched up against him and to have the honor of fighting him, it blew my mind.”
“I was born in New Zealand, and I was raised in Australia, and I'm very proud of that.”
“The journey has moulded me into the person I am today. The journey of my mixed martial arts experience has been filled with ups and downs, but through that, I have come out a much better man.”