Robert Whittaker: "Israel Adesanya might have a long night against Dricus Du Plessis"

[@hatrickyman]

The edit is hilarious, Rob was absolutely done with life

[@Icecoldfoxx]

Shout out to the editor, you a real MVP

[@MatthewMcRowan]

Oscar Willis pulling allnighters for yall virgins out there

[@GandalftheWhite-i5g]

Sorry, what happened? I see comments about the edits, what was the original? Edit: Oh it must be the translator translating everything he said, and it is now edited out.

[@danielg574]

Thank you for this version, the translation was unbearable

[@ichamalam1547]

Same here 😂😂😂... I cant wait for the fight

[@khalidsobh4001]

yeah, I'm actually arabic and it's not even a good translation at all 😅

[@BlackKevin808]

It broke the tempo of the conference bad. Glad this version was made.

[@MoMo-tk4uf]

@@khalidsobh4001 Me too the translation is from Shein 😄

[@Karim-8055]

braces comment

[@garymorch8784]

Such a humble assassin! I've always loved Whitaker! Rob for the win!

[@UnplugFromDeception]

Absolutely

[@rock6394]

Ikram will win

[@starseeddeluxe]

Robert Whitaker is similar to Sean Strickland. Neither of them really take risks when they fight, and their fights are tepid, and are really more like sparring matches. Whitaker could have blasted through Darren Till like it was a joke, he could have put him down in 20 seconds if he really tried. Imagine if Whitaker really tried to destroy his opponents? See his destruction of Brad Tavares to see what he's capable of.

[@Jarrod_Gimbergh]

@@starseeddeluxeyou’re minimising the difference in skill level of his opponents. Brad Tavares fights nothing like Darren Till, who is a world class kickboxer in his day.

[@positivelastaction3957]

Pretty hard not to like him. He's one of the nicest fighters. Don't think he is going to win this one, however.

[@jjazmin]

Rob out there with only one thing on his mind… SHADOW OF THE ERDTREE

[@franlovelsimic8421]

IT'S TIME TARNISHED!

[@iNC0GNEGRO]

He’s gonna try to roll away from a punch on accident.

[@Nikkska]

Hahahahaha very true 😂 hope he’s wearing light armour for more I-frames

[@glaiveb9957]

Was noy expecting two of my biggest interests to be in one place-

[@kockoklosharcheto]

I want his music as good as Dancing Lion's

[@prestonwinters9656]

Rob looks like he doesn’t want to be there, I imagine getting asked the same question every interview is exhausting after awhile

[@themonsterbaby]

It's because the real interview he had to sit through an Arabic translation everytime he was asked something AND for every response. I'm so glad they edited it on this channel. It's literally twice as long in the unedited version on the ufc channel.

[@franlovelsimic8421]

Yeah these press conferences might as well be canned given how 96% of questions are ALWAYS the same. And then on top of that you have a translator who translated everything.

[@Ruddy_Games]

It's all because Dana only lets in approved journalists who won't say anything daring or interesting in fear of losing access

[@JasonCoreyRice]

Yeah He has tone a tonne of interviews for this fight .

[@fengshuimma9160]

Most of the mma media is horrible at asking questions, it’s mostly eye rolling reactions.

[@matijamaretko4055]

Ty for the edit, ur the mvp

[@JohnLennon-yg4ut]

Robert whisttaker doesn’t get talked about enough as one of the best middle weights of all time. his resume speaks for himself. he’s went through murderers row and is still competing at a high level. insane

[@shwiftt9925]

Ddp’s bully style gives izzy probs. If izzy can’t sit at distance he has problems. Anyone who’s got in his face has have him problems. Sean, kelvin, alex ect

[@maxmcclimans1030]

to be fair alex wasn’t that pressure heavy and izzy was beating him in the 1st fight up until the tko. izzy has looked amazing against alex u can’t really use that against him.

[@shwiftt9925]

@@maxmcclimans1030 alex stopped fighting at range and pressured last round and tko’d him

[@FemboiMars]

@@maxmcclimans1030 mf really said "izzy looked amazing against alex" lmao, even the one time he won was a hail mary against the fence because Alex got SO comfortable with beating the same dudes ass AGAIN that he didnt even have his hands up.

[@itzAndy03]

​@AMediumSizedKodiak He is talking about the first (mma) fight which izzy was dominating before the tko in the 5th rnd

[@maxmcclimans1030]

@@FemboiMars he was willing every single round up until the 5th u casual.

[@bradleyhasse5220]

Robert Whittaker looks like the leader of the warriors and swordsman back in 11th century 😂😂

[@akashshelke5330]

Thank you Mac Life for this edited version.

[@manfrombritain6816]

I think DDP will bulldoze him. the counter to Izzy is to do long combos and travel forwards a long way... he doesn't move back very much. he is great at evading 2-3 shot combos but he often stands his ground and uses head/torso movement. if I'm ddp, i prepare to weather a counter strike in exchange for wading in and grabbing izzy. if he can get him down i think he'll be too strong. ddp kicks also extremely underrated

[@rocktekomb]

facts

[@RealAfricanDude]

Yes, his kicks are very good!

[@Akira12974]

You can't do long combos and wade forward against Izzy unless you are Sean Strickland. Ddp does not have the same defense that dsean had, if he tries this style bender is putting his ass to sleep fast

[@themonsterbaby]

​@@Akira12974 yeah I think ppl are acting like Sean unlocked the secret but the problem is NOBODY does what Sean does. DDP is probably going to get pieced up bad by Izzy.

[@GooGooGadget]

Bad idea. Ddp’s grappling is much weaker than people think man. If he rushes in planning to eat a counter to get a hold of him its high risk low reward.

[@pajak97]

Robert is great guy and great fighter yesterdey i rewatch his fight wit Romero, oh man what a fight that was

[@romeibarra3153]

Hell yea

[@John.Flower.Productions]

He is a really great guy and he was a great fighter. That is a damn shame but that is the truth.

[@deheimer]

​​@@John.Flower.Productions Robert is one of my fav fighters but I feel like his downfall has begun. He's a chinny chin pillow limbed man right now. Wouldn't be surprised if ikram gets him outta there.

[@John.Flower.Productions]

@@deheimer I wouldn't be surprised at all. It is usually easy to see a fighter's physical decline (reflexes, speed, whatever) but Whitaker just doesn't seem to have it in him anymore.

[@deheimer]

@@John.Flower.Productions yeah man it's hard to trust him after what happened in the dricus fight. And the Costa fight got way closer than it was supposed to, in hindsight. but I'll be happy if rob pulls it off

[@jsilguero3416]

They need to hire a fan of the ufc as a translator

[@Nikkska]

Let’s go Bobby 👊🏻 and much love to your Saudi Arabian fans doing the Aussie Aussie Aussie oi oi oi chant, respect from Australia 🇦🇺

[@cobywarren5103]

Another soul for the reappaaa

[@Blasphemous01]

@@owens7945Ikram is gonna get 50-45d. Cope kid.

[@meatrocket6979]

@@Blasphemous01no way bro ikram is gonna ko Whittaker just watch and it’s gonna b early too

[@calcifiedinnerbaldur]

@@meatrocket6979

[@cobywarren5103]

@@gibgibbo5738 💀

[@subek1205]

​@@gibgibbo5738 💀

[@__Devils_Advocate__]

The thing is, if Izzy wins then there's no title shot for Rob but if DDP retains then there is a possibility of a second fight between them. So Whittaker would say that. The match up I'd love to see is Sean Strickland vs Bobby Knuckles

[@doyourownresearch7297]

he might actually be stating his real opinion?

[@JSamad]

DDP's wrestling can cause Izzy major problems. Izzy isn't on the same level of grappling as Sean.

[@maxmcclimans1030]

@@JSamadizzys td defense is great. now he hasnt fought a grappler like dricus outside of romero. it’s a close fight. ddp isn’t just going to blow through the 2nd greatest mw of all time. izzy was a years long champ for a reason.

[@ExcitedJaguar-hr6kq]

Why wouldn’t there be a shot for Rob if Izzy wins? If Rob takes out Ikram, Izzy vs Rob 3 makes sense. Sean vs DDP 2 for #1

[@philharland7763]

Sean Strickland regains the belt then is KOed by Bobby (the reaper) Knuckles which sets in place a glorious reign as champ.

[@MikeMovesPLK]

Subbed of you actually taking the time to edit out extras unlike most channels lol

[@braaap5096]

I feel like Robert's in a really good place. I've always been a fan of his which kind of got sidetracked because I was such a huge Izzy fan which I still am, but never lost. Hope in rob. Glad he hasn't lost. Hope in himself. Can't wait to see him fight regardless

[@diveanddine]

I love the respect Rob gives to all his opponents. a true martial artist and warrior!

[@violentminded2908]

rob is simply amongst the most enjoyable fighters to watch in combat sports

[@benjaminnix1960]

Hoping Rob wins and DDP retains for the rematch to be for the title

[@DynastyIcon]

if that does happen, i think they'll give the shot to Strickland instead of Whittaker, DDP & Strickland was a very close fight, Whittaker got finished by DDP... not many ppl have been wanting a DDP/Whittaker rematch, everyone wants a DDP/Strickland rematch

[@jesse5823]

Strickland is forsure next for title shot but if Whittaker isn’t too damaged after this fight maybe strickland vs Whittaker could be a title contender fight

[@lw9954]

@@jesse5823 doubt that considering sean's already n1 contender

[@richardchamoun7649]

Rob's never had an easy fight,. Can't wait to see what he will bring into this fight

[@ezradaiquiri11311]

Sean is next, no matter who wins. If ikram wins, he can be a ranked fighter 🤣. If rob wins, they might allow him to fight sean as a number one contender elimition bout. But sean deserves the next shot without having to fight anyone else.

[@kmalienko]

Robert seems to be locked in! Love that!

[@idzh-t7s]

Rob my man. I wish you the best and hope you win. But I have an uneasy feeling :(.

[@Yoyo-gf3oi]

Roberts face is starting to change, he's going into his older face, managed to keep his young look for a long time

[@grays617]

A fighter in their 30s in supposed to look 20? 🤣

[@Yoyo-gf3oi]

@grays617 no I'm saying he held onto his younger looks for a long time, he's not supposed to but he did

[@jamiedavid8023]

Main diff between Khamzat and Aliskerov is that while Khamzat is utilises a heavy offensive wrestling approach, Aliskerov is more antiwrestling. nonetheless, he is just as good a wrestler as all top dagestani wrestlers. the fight will be on the feetwhere Whitaker has the speed and distance advantage

[@johnososkalo4705]

Aliskerov is a 4 time world sambo champ. If he is having any sort of trouble on the feet again Rob he'll take it to ground easy and submit. But I think he has the advantage on the feet as well and a very good chance he KOs Bobby...

[@johnososkalo4705]

against

[@randy_wombat]

@@johnososkalo4705Have never seen Aliskerov against high level strikers like Rob has fought. Also doubt he easily takes Rob down and submits him.

[@jamiedavid8023]

@@johnososkalo4705 you are confusing wrestling with bjj. Wrestlers count on top control. They often don't finish the fight by sub just coz it's on the ground. Like I said, while Aliskerov is a top sambo wrestler, in the cage, it rarely makes up for his main offence like Khabib or Khamzat or Usman ... Hence the fight will be on the feet. Problem there is that Rob has good distance management unlike Ikram. Hence, Ikram is likely to get pieced up despite how good he is

[@mr.hungrytiger6572]

​​@@johnososkalo4705romero didn't takedown rob the whole 2 fights. How do you expecting that the unranked fighter will takedown rob??!! Say something logic

[@xyznzt48]

Please always edit out translations

[@Pnw208]

I was more excited about this fight than Connor vs Chandler. I was so bummed when both fell through. I love Whittaker. Khamzat is a way more entertaining matchup. I was excited to see him against a true top middleweight. Robert has a huge advantage now though. When you go through a full camp and are peaked and fight a guy on short notice without a full camp you have a clear advantage. I’d like to see Whittaker vs Strickland next and the winner get the title shot

[@Gaggervip]

Let's go Robert ✌️❤️✌️

[@ntOuterlight]

Robert one of my fav middle weights of all time 🎉 get it done

[@AmanKumar-ev9zm]

Rob with a W

[@lisasobler9806]

It's not a harder task, it's simple fighting.

[@johno30197]

The reaper

[@JonnnTG]

Editor… This W is for you

[@darioschittone]

Whittaker in my view is not just a champion, hes not just a human being, the man seem like an angel to me

[@saltoreplyok]

Middleweight is the most competent and interesting division rte now. Ddp, sean, adesanya, khamzat, whittaker, aliskrov.

[@Bob62798]

It’s interesting but middleweight is probably the least competent men’s division outside of heavyweight

[@maxmcclimans1030]

@@Bob62798gotta be lhw.

[@papaalmighty]

⁠​⁠@@maxmcclimans1030 HW, if you are not horrifically obese and have an iq over 30 you are a top 10 fighter.

[@rabiyonoko5631]

Why mention aliskrov he’s unranked 😂

[@elingrome5853]

Love this dude

[@dylanflynn5846]

Why do we have a translator when both the press and fighter speak english???

[@boxingexpert9065]

The public don't

[@dylanflynn5846]

@boxingexpert9065 who the hell cares? They don't do that shit when they go to other countries. Gotta lay down the red carpet and pander to the Arabs tho...

[@besmart2350]

@@boxingexpert9065they should learn normal language instead of this some kind of terrorist language

[@saiporeddy7303]

@@besmart2350danm 😂

[@boxingexpert9065]

@@besmart2350 Idiot

[@Geburah82]

Sean was a hard fight for Izzy because of his amazingly tight defenses + the constant aggression. DDP has all the defense of a freshly waxed moose. The two things are not comparable. Bobbie is taking the piss.

[@shanonhills4995]

Whittaker is the fkn MAN!!!

[@light-qe3gv]

Rob "never heard of Ikram" whittaker

[@wildberry752]

Great guy never met him

[@alexrobushi7043]

That’s fine because ikram will beat him

[@victorxavier5066]

Robert is a hero any ways bro. As a man father. Next level shit bro 💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾

[@tjhoward3167]

They couldn't find a translator that could speak either language?

[@anasshahid224]

Let’s go Rob!

[@nemesisraleng17]

Even the editor said fuck the translator. Editor the Real MVP

[@bengray7454]

Bobby knuckles is the best and I’ll fight you about it. Name a fighter so nerdy, so cool, so funny, then so good. Just a class act and a spectacular fighter

[@rock6394]

Sean will destroy Robert

[@dustinkilburn]

Rob jus wanting to play Erdtree right now

[@mitchellluong]

That reaper shirt is sick. Let me get a hoodie with that

[@Fuchssyy]

Love a rob interview proper he’s so yeah nah how you going

[@m3rl707]

Let's go Robert

[@JR-bu7we]

Let’s go Robert knuckles!!!

[@simabima4633]

First time in ufc press sombody speak arabic مرحبافيك شكرا جزيلا

[@TheGEOPOLITICIANGUY]

As an english first speaker who is learning Arabic - سلام! - test my arabic a bit lol - لغتي العربية ضعيف

[@Jack_The_Mastiff]

Weird press conference

[@IronReef77]

Translation was fkd up lol

[@besmart2350]

Why they translate to some kind of Muslim language if the guy is from New Zealand?

[@Fadentic]

@@besmart2350 because the event is in saudi arabia

[@anisthegreatest]

@@besmart2350muslim Language 😂😂 it’s just Arabic haha

[@besmart2350]

@anismohammed-avvali4809 Christianity will prevail against the darkness

[@MaturishGambino]

⁠@@besmart2350relax bud

[@Omni-King2099]

I didn't know rob understood a different language, wtf 😂

[@childishroniin]

It was said in English first

[@mikewebster8224]

Yeah, he speaks fluent Arabic & Farsi. He learned it gaming with Middle-Easterners

[@besmart2350]

Rob has a beard like a real terrorist guy, why you surprised

[@fewhavestrength]

I want the best for Whittaker he's an amazing fight and seems to be a great person! LETS FKIN GO WHITTAKER! 👊🏻👊🏻👊🏻

[@dinero7295]

Whittaker is one to talk especially when Izzy bodied him twice and dricus bodied him as well. And has no highlights to talk about recently.

[@Outbackstrangler]

Bobby Knuckles going to give this guy the five knuckle shuffle.

[@forbesheaton]

Rob just wants to get back to the hotel and game 😂

[@3617snake]

that translater had no idea what he was doing. Bad translation and didnt even know the fighter names.

[@workework]

lmao rob's eyeroll at 4:36 by TKO

[@rohitrex9464]

Mark my words! Ikram is gonna grapple tf outta Bobby Knuckles. Bet your house on it!

[@GlazerMMA11]

Cmon Rob get the job done not sure if he will get the title shot next after DDP Izzy but he deserves it with a win 😈

[@handlesrt583]

Rob is just holding a grudge on Izzy, Izzy pretty much ended his career, well pretty much any chance he had at having that title back Izzy took that from him. Sook

[@Nick_Tank]

Yall ain’t slick for deleting the Drod and Kelvin interviews lol, KG isn’t making weight everyone.

[@mrkinho1]

wdym

[@Nick_Tank]

@@mrkinho1 they literally had Kelvin and D Rods interview uploaded but I refreshed and they are gone. Titles were “weight cut is bad” and “he’s not making weight, I agreed to 185”

[@Karim-8055]

​@Nick_Tank Kevin is a FAT, but to be fair he was born as a FAT. When you are born and u get fat u can lose weight, but if u are born as a FAT u cannot lose weight...how they expect hum to cut to 185??

[@beastieking1]

I just think Izzy has fought opponents similar to Dricus his whole career and the reverse isn’t true for Dricus

[@walkwithlenin3798]

Robert ❤The reaperrrrrrr

[@logobogo578]

no way people think ddp beats izzy its gonna be the most one sided fight of all time we gonna see izzy sleep ddp with a straight right hand and ddp is gonna start shaking on the ground and then we’ll get a cringey izzy line abt being the real african its gonna be to funny when that happens😂

[@molasba]

That what they said when Izzy fight Strickland lol

[@xEtayL]

Izzy’s striking may just be too much for DDP I can definitely see that happening but don’t disrespect DDP his style is super unorthodox and we saw how Strickland’s unorthodox striking completely cancelled out Izzy’s kickboxing. DDP could 50-45 Izzy just as much as Izzy could land a combo that sleeps the champ.

[@logobogo578]

@@molasba i literally picked sean against izzy LOL

[@sidsupreme8179]

Izzy’s overrated ddps underrated

[@JonathanGonzalez-jz4td]

Agreed styles make fights

[@amyrsavoia6017]

Bobby voice is so low pitch. Boy is in the sauce

[@yowcephhelm5910]

Rob got fucked up by DDP so his logic is that applies to Izzy. 🤔😂

[@allpraisewebb1142]

Just because YOU underestimated DDP doesn't mean Izzys going to he's had a nice break and is well aware most people have wrote him off..expect a finish in this fight #ANDNEW 3xs! 👑🇳🇬

[@ZacJackson-y2q]

Dude izzy likes dog franks

[@Freiheit1232]

I’d love to see DDP vs. Pereira

[@rabiyonoko5631]

Ddp is not pereira level 😂

[@asAbsolute]

@@rabiyonoko5631 He's the champ, bandwagoner.

[@Karim-8055]

​@asAbsolute DDP vs Pereira will go like Strickland vs Pereira but maybe the fight would be a bit longer.

[@besmart2350]

Isn’t it more interesting to find out how Pereira does against heavyweights like Tom Aspinall

[@michaelsillars8146]

⁠@@asAbsolutecalling someone a bandwagoner for stating a fact is wild 😂 DDP has terrible grappling and horrendous striking , Alex has terrible grappling and elite striking . It’s an easy 1st round KO for Alex 10/10 times and I’m not even a huge fan of Alex .

[@Pirocharm]

DDP and Adesanya the match none of those 2 should be in, because Sid from Ice Age aka DDP lost for sure to Sean, and Adesanya came after loss after loss after loss lets give him unlimited chances at being a champ....well at least we know they might getting heads to eachother since that is what Adesanya said

[@jibigcahoona5876]

Bobby's pretty scary when his angry lol

[@elmaistrodeteotihuacan]

Sean has great defense to pressure adesanya safely though, dricus doesn't, and adesanya has much more power than sean, so when he lands on dricus like sean did, i see him hurting dricus

[@SonofaBlacksmith]

This is a tough one for Izzy obviously. It's going to be a psychological battle too. But I feel Izzy needs to win this not for the belt but for the bs that fool has spewed!

[@KyleKarnes-nb1jl]

Izzy has spewed a lot of bs

[@SonofaBlacksmith]

@@KyleKarnes-nb1jl has Izzy made racist comments? Does he claim to be the only white man in a white man's land?

[@sebastianmkhosana9739]

Striking: izzy Grappling: Dricus Dricus gets hit way too much , look at title fight against strickland, he has a weird fighting style. Izzy's gonna counter him bad!! If he choses to stand up against Izzy. If he grapples we could be looking at R5 decision for Dricus. Just my opinion tho🤷🏾‍♂️

[@keeyonniez]

I like Rob but he has a tough fight this weekend 🇦🇺 #UFC

[@lccody1537]

Whittaker talking about his dads

[@logobogo578]

the only comebacks mma fans have is “causal” yall gotta come up with something better then that when 80% of yall cant even fight😂

[@solosolo8610]

Casual is the guys who watch combat sports to see people get hurt not because they actually like or study the sport

[@GlitchedNomad]

​@@solosolo8610no its not

[@GlitchedNomad]

​@@solosolo8610casual is just someone who only watches big names

[@rabiyonoko5631]

Casual

[@G_0_0_Zroot]

Casual comment

[@EdgarMorales-kn7ph]

The African champion takes the W 🤴🏻

[@neilj02]

If Rob loses, I’m ending it all

[@gamemusicmeltingpot2192]

Strickland should get his rematch before anyone else

[@TKilla-gz7oo]

Rob looks like he can't wait to destroy whoever steps in the Octagon w% him 😂

[@benzeltser9851]

The things Whittaker has to put up with because his big boss Dana wants that Oil money

[@phillipbottrell]

Has oldmate finished asking them couple of questions yet?

[@Well_This_Guy_Says]

Izzy has no business fighting DDP, he should run it back with Strickland, then the winner fight DDP

[@calebg8787]

Bobby just pissed he has to fight when Elden Ring DLC just dropped 😂

[@Ryzen-s6y]

izzy needs to fight like he did against costa, that was his best work, no fkin about

[@wilc4014]

DDP is miles ahead of Costa, doesnt fight once a year, can actually make adjustments between rounds. Actually uses his wrestling, knows how to manage distance and knows how to make an impression on the judges

[@annddneww]

you mean grow another boob?

[@rohinkaushal2434]

​@@wilc4014ddp needs to spam takedowns if he wants to win on the feet his defence and technique is terrible he has only gotten away with it because Strickland and whittaker are pillow handed

[@wilc4014]

@@rohinkaushal2434 You say that yet Strickland fought DDP and Izzy, the only one to get dropped by Strickland was Izzy lmfao. DDP gonna whoop that dog fuckers ass

[@christophergray3403]

Bobbyyyyyyy fkn knuckles babyyyyy

[@codygore8251]

Can Whittaker adopt a Strickland stance so Adensanya wont hook him into oblivion again?

[@MainCardMinute]

Bobby Knuckles ML✅

[@VaunKing]

Yall really thought izzy was a legend for beating this dude. Respect to him tho. Amazing fighter

[@Thrillhouse911]

Thank you! That alhumdilah version was aids

[@sspplliitt]

I guess the translator was using google translate

[@federalgodson]

I want Rob and Izzy to win the division is a mess. Daddy issues champion, the other one kisses the coach. Like wtf is going on

[@randy_wombat]

And Izzy touches his dog

[@federalgodson]

@@randy_wombat Strickland told you that ok

[@randy_wombat]

@@federalgodson Just have a quick Google champ. “Willy time” - Izzy

[@blanketyblank9827]

​@federalgodson bro what lmao. he literally did on Video. izzy is a dog toucher and just an insufferable cringe lord who's fake humble

[@rohinkaushal2434]

​@@federalgodsonbro he is following dog fetish channels on twitter and there is literally a clip where he spit out food from his mouth and gave it to his dog

[@MalikFoster52621]

That’s what we’re all hoping for 💯😂

[@jonnygutters]

I had a dream Izzy ran straight through ddp. (My dreams never come true )

[@revfortunenwachukwu9243]

Oh ....it will this time around! Just wait and see!