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Robert Whittaker
Australian
Athlete
Born:
Dec 20
,
1990
Every
Fight
Fighting
Me
Think
You
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I started training with Fabricio Itte with my wrestling and high performance; I started spending a lot more time with my head coach Henry Perez and also my grappling coach Alex Prates. Those three are my core team, and they've made hugely important changes and skill enhancements with my game.
Robert Whittaker
Time
Game
Training
Made
Three
Important
Changes
Spending
Those
High
More
Wrestling
Head
Head Coach
Performance
Also
Lot
Hugely
Skill
Coach
Team
Grappling
Henry
Started
Core
Alex
I hit hard, and I hit fast - much faster than Bisping, much harder than Bisping, and I have much better defence than Bisping.
Robert Whittaker
Better
Faster
Defence
Hit
Than
Much
Hard
Fast
Harder
It's an absolute honour and privilege to get out there and be an Australian headlining an Australian card. That's unreal; it really is.
Robert Whittaker
Honour
Out
Unreal
Absolute
Australian
Privilege
Get
Really
Card
I would love to have a crack at Michael Bisping - with or without the gold, I'd want to have a crack at him because I respect him as a fighter, and he's a tough dude, and I'd love to swing it out with him.
Robert Whittaker
Love
Respect
Tough
Fighter
Out
Would
He
Him
Because
Without
Dude
Michael
Crack
Gold
Want
Swing
Do I want everyone in Australia to know who I am? Absolutely. But the only way I can do that is by winning fights.
Robert Whittaker
Everyone
Way
Only
Winning
Absolutely
Know
Am
Australia
Want
Fights
Who
Put me in with anyone in the top 10, and I win.
Robert Whittaker
Me
Win
Top
Put
Anyone
I was born in New Zealand, and I was raised in Australia, and I'm very proud of that.
Robert Whittaker
Born
New
Proud
Australia
Very
New Zealand
Zealand
Raised
That's the game plan - I've got it written down on paper: beat everyone. And that's what I'm looking forward to doing.
Robert Whittaker
Game
Looking
Down
Everyone
Paper
Beat
Written
Written Down
Looking Forward
Got
Doing
Plan
Game Plan
Forward
I'm hugely into video games; I always have been. I started on the Sega with games like Sonic, Battletoads, and Tetris... all those old-school games.
Robert Whittaker
Video Games
Those
Sonic
Like
Always
Been
Hugely
Video
Games
Started
I'm a distance fighter - if you've seen me fight, I like ducking in and out.
Robert Whittaker
Me
You
Fight
Seen
Fighter
Distance
Out
Like
My philosophy is fight anyone, anywhere. If you're going to be the best then you're going to have to beat them all, so why pick and choose?
Robert Whittaker
Best
You
Fight
Philosophy
Beat
Pick
Pick And Choose
Going
Anyone
Anywhere
Them
Then
Choose
Why
Court McGee is definitely a name worth fighting - and beating.
Robert Whittaker
Worth
Fighting
Definitely
Beating
Name
Court
It was an absolute honour to fight in Vegas. Every fighter dreams of fighting at the MGM Grand. That's where so many legends have fought before and so many legends will continue to fight.
Robert Whittaker
Dreams
Fight
Will
Before
Fighter
Fighting
Every
Honour
Absolute
Vegas
Continue
Legends
Where
Grand
Many
Fought
I like to think I learn a lot out of every fight.
Robert Whittaker
Fight
Every
Think
Out
Like
Learn
Lot
I will be in the UFC one day, and it will take more than one man to stop me.
Robert Whittaker
Day
Me
Man
Will
One Day
One-Man
More
Take
Than
Stop
Everyone knows I like to fight injured. Half the fights I've taken, I've always been injured.
Robert Whittaker
Fight
Half
Everyone
Taken
Like
Knows
Always
Been
Fights
Injured
I don't think you ever get used to being away from home.
Robert Whittaker
Home
You
Think
Get
Being
Used
Away
Ever
It is amazing to have the UFC to come here to Perth... it is great for Australian Mixed Martial Arts and great for the sport, and it is going to be great for Perth to have such a world-wide event, through pay-per-view, hosted here.
Robert Whittaker
Great
Amazing
World-Wide
Martial
Martial Arts
Through
Come
Sport
Mixed
Australian
Going
Arts
Event
Here
My standard training week, there's a lot of training in there. I have a high-performance coach who manages these spreadsheets of mine, manages my sessions and my loads. It's a very complicated process, and he puts me through about 22 sessions a week.
Robert Whittaker
Me
Training
Complicated
Mine
About
Week
Through
He
Puts
Lot
Very
Process
Coach
Standard
Who
Loads
I know that it's a fight at the end of the day; it's not a grappling match.
Robert Whittaker
Day
Fight
End Of The Day
Know
Match
End
Grappling
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.
Robert Whittaker
Today
Journey
Me
Man
Experience
Better
Ups And Downs
Out
Has-Been
Martial
Martial Arts
Better Man
Through
Come
Am
Mixed
Been
Person
Arts
Ups
Much
Filled
Downs
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.
Robert Whittaker
Time
Respect
Past
Spend
Out
Feel
New
Although
Got
Blood
Link
Privileged
Tattoo
New Zealand
Much
Really
Zealand
Everyone thinks Australia and New Zealand MMA fighters don't have that wrestling base, whereas a lot of Americans and other countries have, with them being able to do wrestling at high-school levels.
Robert Whittaker
Other
Other Countries
Everyone
Able
Wrestling
Countries
New
Lot
Australia
American
Being
Whereas
New Zealand
Them
Fighters
Base
Zealand
Levels
Thinks
I've got to give props to my dad. He got me into the UFC and the MMA scene to begin with.
Robert Whittaker
Me
Give
Scene
He
Props
Got
Begin
Dad
People smarter than me told me that my potential was bigger than just winning a belt. Now I believe that, and that's what I'm striving for.
Robert Whittaker
Me
People
Believe
Striving
Potential
Winning
Smarter
Than
Just
Bigger
Now
Belt
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