Robert Whittaker is a New Zealand-born Australian professional mixed martial artist with a $3 million net worth. Robert Whittaker is well-known for his involvement with the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he has previously held the title of middleweight champion.
Who is Robert Whittaker?
Robert Whittaker was born on December 20, 1990, in Auckland, New Zealand. His father is an Australian of European origin, while his mother is of Maori and Samoan ancestry. At the age of seven, his father enrolled him in a Goju-ryu Karate school to help him learn self-defense and self-discipline.
After eight years of training in the sport, he turned to Hapkido at Henry Perez’s club. Perez quickly changed his gym into an MMA facility, and Whittaker began training for MMA combat by default. He was quickly hooked on the sport and was pretty competent, even as a beginner.
How old is Robert Whittaker?
He is currently 33 years old.
What is Robert Whittaker’s net worth?
He is estimated to be worth $3 million.
What is Robert Whittaker’s career?
Whittaker began his professional MMA career in 2008, when he was 18 years old, with Henry Perez as his coach. He signed with Australia’s Xtreme Fighting Championships and debuted against Chris Tallowin.
He won the bout by total knockout (TKO) in the first round. He then resumed his career with the Cage Fighting Championships, where he went 6-0 between 2009 and 2011. He lost his debut fight in 2011 to Hoon Kim. By the conclusion of 2011, his record stood at 9-2.
In 2012, Perez nominated him for the first season of “The Ultimate Fighter: The Smashes,” which featured eight Australian fighters against eight British combatants. Whittaker was chosen to be on the show and performed admirably, progressing to the final round of the competition, which aired live on UFC on the FX channel.
Whittaker won the bout against Brad Scott by unanimous decision to become the inaugural winner of “The Ultimate Fighter: The Smashes” in December 2012. Whittaker officially entered the UFC’s welterweight division after winning the event. He struggled at first, losing two fights in a row, including a significant setback to Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson.
Following this loss, he opted to move up to middleweight, allowing him to regain 15 pounds. Whittaker believed that by fighting at a lesser weight, he was at a disadvantage and would be a better fighter at a higher weight class.
Whittaker’s instincts proved correct. After going up to middleweight, Whittaker went on a nine-fight winning streak. Some of his most significant fights include a win against Brad Tavares in May 2015, which won him his first “Performance of the Night” bonus. He also bested Rafael Natal, Derek Brunson, and Ronaldo Souza. Whittaker defeated Souza in 2017, making him the first person to do so since 2008.
Whittaker defeated Yoel Romero by unanimous decision in a fight for the interim middleweight title in June 2017. He became the first Australian and New Zealand-born fighter to win a UFC belt. He then missed the rest of 2017 to recover from a knee injury.
However, after reigning middleweight champion Georges St-Pierre vacated the belt due to colitis, Whittaker was upgraded to undisputed champion. He was supposed to defend the title in January 2018 but had to pull out due to a staph infection in his stomach. In June 2018, he fought Yoel Romero and won via a close split decision.
Whittaker’s second middleweight title defense was slated for February 2019 against Kelvin Gastelum, but he had to withdraw just a few hours before the fight owing to an abdominal hernia of the intestine and a twisted and collapsed colon. In October 2019, he fought Israel Adesanya and lost the bout and the middleweight championship via a second-round knockout.
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