Media Robert Whittaker low key pokes fun at Strickland after Costa fight

[TankAbbott4Eva]

Whittaker was the most boring MW to ever get the belt. I stopped ordering PPVs he headlined on.

Gee i hadn't heard him described as boring before, well there ya go

 

[Contempt]

Robert Whittaker makes hilarious comparison of Sean Strickland's fight style after claiming 'he doesn't define the rounds'

Former UFC middleweight champion Robert Whittaker has made a comical comparison of Sean Strickland's fight style following his win over Paulo Costa at UFC 302.

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Bobby Knuckles with some constructive, albeit funny criticism of Sean's style and lack of excitement in the cage.

Says Sean's style is like an annoying younger sibling that throws out hands, and if you run into them, it's your fault. Lol

But he is correct in that Sean does not really step on the gas in fights, and often has close fights that he wins or loses, due to fighting so safe.

He's not entirely wrong LOL

...still hard to blame Sean when he keeps turning his opponents into track stars that run away for five rounds rather than trade with him.

 

[Contempt]

Gee i hadn't heard him described as boring before, well there ya go

To be fair, after is KO loss to Izzy, he has been fighting extremely safe.

 

[TankAbbott4Eva]

To be fair, after is KO loss to Izzy, he has been fighting extremely safe.

Yeah I guess he had to ensure some wins, Till/Gastelum/Vettori weren't that exciting, the Costa one was a banger though and I think Khamzat will be too, Costa brought it to him and I'm sure Khamzat will too

 

[chinarice]

Ol point fighter Bobby poking fun at others who also point fight.

If this guy wasn't a Sherdog darling, he'd get skewered for this.

I'd pick Sean to beat Whittaker all day and Whittaker would point fight to a decision loss.

 

[maximus__]

I think the opposite, Rob would tool Strickland standing, he can fight going backwards and doesn't have much to worry about in terms of power, he also has very good cardio so not much concern of the usual Strickland pressure causing problems.

Rob will blitz Sean all day long to a decision.

This. Rob most likely wins by simply being more active. Sean walks forward in 2 fights (Izzy and Costa) and people suddenly forget he usually just jabs moving backwards and complains when he loses.

 

[Clark Rogers]

I mean nothing he said is wrong, everything he said but the "annoying kid" part was absolute fact.

 

[Arm Barbarian]

This. Rob most likely wins by simply being more active. Sean walks forward in 2 fights (Izzy and Costa) and people suddenly forget he usually just jabs moving backwards and complains when he loses.

3 including Abus, who he walked down and wore out.

But yeah, Robs point is a valid one. Sean fights so carefully that he is often in fights that are debatable of win or lose after the final bell. Dricus was a prime example. He was very competitive, but Dricus appeared to be more offensive and aggressive overall. In the end it was too close for either guy to really complain if they lost a decision.

 

[Khaosan]

Rob has a better jab, better footwork and even better kicks.

Bobby Knuckles via whatever he wants.

 

[Romulas]

Gee i hadn't heard him described as boring before, well there ya go

If hugging men on the fence was a sport Robert Whittaker would be the Michael Jordan of it..

He hasn't finished an opponent in 7 years..

 

[WoozyFailGuy]

This. Rob most likely wins by simply being more active. Sean walks forward in 2 fights (Izzy and Costa) and people suddenly forget he usually just jabs moving backwards and complains when he loses.

Sean leveled up after training with Poatan. He's checking leg kicks instead of being stopped dead by them and marching forward constantly since then including smashing Izzy and proving 90% of us here calling him a lay up title defense (myself included) wrong.
I think he won against Dricus as well personally, but it was a really close one. I've been saying for a long time that he has to diversify his offensive game. Costa didn't expect the headkick and got knocked down by it, guy is a jab-deep machine for most of the fight, but I can't fault him when it works, but adding more varied kicks and clinch work will do him wonders.

 

[TankAbbott4Eva]

If hugging men on the fence was a sport Robert Whittaker would be the Michael Jordan of it..

He hasn't finished an opponent in 7 years..

If that's a sport sign me up pls!

 

[Question]

I think the opposite, Rob would tool Strickland standing, he can fight going backwards and doesn't have much to worry about in terms of power, he also has very good cardio so not much concern of the usual Strickland pressure causing problems.

Rob will blitz Sean all day long to a decision.

I hope so brother(I like Rob more lol), tbh that should of been the fight to make instead of Sean/Costa but I'm not too upset about that cuz Rob/Khamzat is pretty awesome as well

 

[neandertal]

Lol thats good. He elite at it though.

 

[checktheknuckles]

At least Robert tries to fuck up the opponent, while Sean just jabs you. Hell even Nick and Nate Diaz would throw in some power shots from time to time.

 

[BabyBlue_Bomber]

Seems like he’s high-key poking fun at Strickland’s style….

That being said, it’s been good enough for him to win a Middleweight Title, so I don’t think he needs to change too much…

 

[Eric Silva 2.0]

Robert Whittaker makes hilarious comparison of Sean Strickland's fight style after claiming 'he doesn't define the rounds'

Former UFC middleweight champion Robert Whittaker has made a comical comparison of Sean Strickland's fight style following his win over Paulo Costa at UFC 302.

bloodyelbow.com

Bobby Knuckles with some constructive, albeit funny criticism of Sean's style and lack of excitement in the cage.

Says Sean's style is like an annoying younger sibling that throws out hands, and if you run into them, it's your fault. Lol

But he is correct in that Sean does not really step on the gas in fights, and often has close fights that he wins or loses, due to fighting so safe.

There is some truth in what Whittaker is saying but in this fight I think Costa deserves a bigger part of the blame since he was backing up for big portions of the fight. It takes two to tango.

 

[John makfresshi]

Come on guys . Bobby’s been an absolute stand up guy since forever. He’s not a malicious dude.

Hasn’t finished a fight in 7 years

 

[oldschoolmmafan]

This scene was actually brought up during the fight with my friends.

 

[oldschoolmmafan]

Sounds like a bit of a competitive dynamic going on. Rob doesn't wanna give Sean too much credit even though Sean had a much better and cleaner performance against Costa than he did.

Costa then and now two different animals.