Robert Whittaker and Tai Tuivasa shared fun when a fan had some harsh phrases for Paulo Costa.
UFC 284 goes down on February 11 in Perth, Australia. Whittaker was initially anticipated to combat within the co-main occasion towards Costa with tons of help from the Australian followers. Sadly, the Brazilian scrapped the middleweight matchup as a result of he needs extra money from the UFC earlier than competing once more.
Whittaker, Tuivasa, Kai Kara-France, and Kyle Noke had been featured in a Q&A session in the course of the UFC 284 combat week. Issues began to get out of hand as a fan requested ‘The Reaper’ this query:
“When are you gonna get your palms on [Paulo] Costa and knock that b*tch out?”
Your complete panel discovered the query amusing, however Whittaker nonetheless gave an sincere reply:
“I needed to get my palms on him this weekend. That was the plan. I used to be so excited for that combat. I had a whole lot of plans for it. I believed it will have been a very killer stellar combat. I might’ve placed on a killer present for you guys, however it’s what it’s.”
The fan ended the entertaining alternate by saying:
“He’s a f*cking p*ssy. F*ck that c*nt”
Watch Robert Whittaker and Tai Tuivasa snicker off the query about Paulo Costa beneath:
Robert Whittaker is uncertain of what’s subsequent for him at middleweight
On April 8, Alex Pereira and Israel Adesanya can have their rematch bout for the UFC middleweight championship. Now that Robert Whittaker probably gained’t be preventing Paulo Costa subsequent, it’s unclear what’s subsequent for him because the quantity two-ranked contender.
Throughout an interview with MMAFighting, ‘The Reaper’ had this to say about preventing both the winner of Pereira/Adesanya or Khamzat Chimaev:
“It is a bizarre place, he is [Chimaev] not even organized middleweight proper now. Umm… there’s a whole lot of guys in entrance of him, however then I am in a humorous place the place I am in search of a giant combat. I am simply lurking at, you realize the border of Adesanya-Pereira making an attempt to get my palms on both of them. So, yeah we now have to attend and see.”
Whittaker’s subsequent combat may change relying on the end result between Pereira and Adesanya. ‘The Final Stylebender’ has two wins towards ‘The Reaper,’ making the matchup much less intriguing than a brand new opponent in ‘Poatan.’ In the meantime, Chimaev is planning to make a everlasting transfer to middleweight, which may place him in a number-one contender combat towards the 32-year-old former UFC champion.
