Biography
Robert Whittaker is a professional fighter from Australia, acting in mixed martial arts. Each new outlet of an athlete having a world title promises the audience a lot of exciting and unforgettable emotions. Now the honed technique, the dynamic performance of the opponent makes a fighter with a bright Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) representative in middleweight.Childhood and youth
About children's and adolescent years in a male biography of a little information. Rob was born on December 20, 1990 in Auckland. In childhood, when the boy turned 7 years old, his father recorded him with his brother to the karate school. He wanted to teach sons to self-discipline and self-defense. Whittakeber was engaged here for eight years, and after, having received a black belt, I decided to try myself in another sport.
The young man decided to master Happo and began to train in the section under the leadership of Henry Perez. However, soon the coach reformatted school by making it a place to occupy MMA. The young athlete has no choice, and mixed martial arts have become the main professional occupation for him.
Personal life
Personal life Popular fighter connected with Sofia Whittaker. The wedding took place on October 25, 2014. For several years, the couple had three children - the sons of Jack and John and the daughter of Liliana.The wife supports the spouse in his career, is present on the battles and herself loves sports. In "Instagram", a young mother lays out a photo and video where it demonstrates an excellent form. The athlete himself emphasized in an interview that children and Sofia are the main motivation in his life.
Mixed martial arts
Career Robert in MMA began in 2008. The guy signed a contract with Xtreme Fighting and began to perform in Australia. In the spring of 2009, a young man showed a beautiful battle with Chris Tallovin, winning the battle by technical knockout in the 1st round. Subsequent meetings were successful for an athlete. The first defeat of the Whitaker suffered in 2011 at the Legend Fighting Championships tournament.
In 2012, at the suggestion of Coach, Henry Perez Fighters participated in the original match of The Ultimate Fighter series. For this match, a team of eight Australian wrestlers were selected, who fought with representatives of the United Kingdom.
In the first battle, Rob needed 19 seconds to knock out the Luke Newman's British. It ensured the transition of an athlete to the semifinals. In addition, for the spectacular reception, the Australian received $ 25 thousand for the best knockout season.
In the same year, the athlete began to act in UFC. The debut took place in December. Here the Whitaker met with Brad Scott and quickly defeated the opponent. A meeting in May 2013 was successful for the guy: in the 3rd round, he "laid" a smith's colonton by technical knockout. Successful steel for men and battles in 2014.
In 2015, the wrestler struggled with American Brad Tavares, acting in a mixed style, as part of UFC Fight Night 65. The victory of the Australian secured the status of a promising player in MMA and replenished his statistics with new records. In November next year, the Whitaker struggled with Derek Bronson on the UFC Fight Night 101. This time, Rob smiled again.
Embed from getty imagesShortly after a bright triumph athlete from Australia challenged the strongest to the fighter from Holland Gegard Musasi at that time. In the account of the Dutchman had several bright fighting, so the guy with confidence agreed to compete with an experienced rival, noting in an interview that this meeting would become a sign in his sports career.
In 2017, the Australian fans followed the tournament, in which their idol had to stand alone with the Brazilian Master Jiu-Jitsu and a fighter of a mixed style Jacarus Souze. The battle was hot, but Robert once again confirmed his own superiority in battles.
The sign with the duel with Cuban Yoel Romero, with whom subsequently Rob met once at competitions. The judges unanimously admitted Whitaker winner of the match, which allowed him to be considered the first in Australia and New Zealand a fighter holding the title of champion UFC. The remaining part of the year he was forced to skip due to knee injury.
In January 2018, Robert seriously fell ill: the treatment of tendon on the leg was complicated by an abscess. Doctors prescribed an athlete course of antibiotics, which resulted in the development of staphylococcal infection in the stomach. The windmill was added to the health problems, which the fighter was informed in an interview. In this, however, Australian managed to find and pluses.
The period of rehabilitation after illness did not give him the opportunity to participate in the UFC 221, but allowed to support his spouse at the time of his daughter. In 2018, a rematch was held with Yoel Romero, where the man again won the opponent. Soon there was information that in February 2019, a meeting of Whitaker with Kelvin Gastelum will be held.
Embed from getty imagesThe wrestler was preparing for the tournament, however, before the fight itself began to complain about severe abdominal pain. Rob was emergency to hospitalized and conducted a double operation. It turned out that the Australian suffered from the shelf's hernia. His representative after announced that if the attack did not happen and Rob participated in the battle, the battle could end for him fatal.
In the fall of 2019, a man recovered, Rasp and began to prepare for a new tournament with the New Zealand MMA fighter and Kickboxer Nigerian origin of Israel Adezan. Shortly before the meeting of the Australian colleague - American John Jones - suggested a friend joint training. Whittaker refused this idea, as both athletes were on different continents. In the battle, Nigerian turned out to be stronger.
Robert Whittaker now
In March 2020, Robert's duel with Jared Cannoné was supposed to be held. However, the athlete canceled the meeting without specifying the reasons. The press appeared rumors that the athlete's daughter is seriously ill, and his father has gathered to become a donor for bone marrow transplant.Achievements
- 2012 - Fight for the title of champion in the middleweight SFA Championship