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Speaking with Fox Sports Australia this week, Whittaker’s manager Titus Day confirmed ‘The Reaper’ has verbally agreed to fight Brazilian Paulo Costa at UFC 299 on March 10. This comes after
‘Borrachinha’ recently challenged Whittaker to a fight over social media. However Day reveals that, since his client accepted said bout, Costa has since “vanished” and now he's accusing Costa
of “just playing f***ing games again”.
As a result, and while Whittaker is already back in training for the March timeline, his team is also preparing Australia’s first UFC champion to possibly face former welterweight king Usman on a blockbuster UFC 300 card.
“A few weeks back Costa did some article saying he wants to fight anybody, has seen Rob is looking for a fight and said ‘c’mon Rob let’s go’. So we’ve agreed to that but since that’s all we’ve heard."
“The UFC asked Rob when he wants to fight and he’s told them March, which would be UFC 299. He has a baby due in late February, so he doesn’t want to do anything before then in case of any complications and so on, especially given he travels for fights two weeks prior. But since agreeing to Costa, he is now just trying to call out Chimaev which is weird, because he’s injured."
“We think the guy is just playing f***ing games again. Maybe he doesn’t really want to fight Rob. Who knows? There was even a social media post a couple of weeks ago where he told Rob
‘if you’re keen to go, let’s fight’. But this is the third time it’s happened. Twice Rob has been signed to fight Costa before. And twice he’s vanished. No reason, no injuries … just refused to sign.
It’s just weird.”
While Robert Whittaker remains focused on both the birth of his child and that March 10 date, the team also knows that if Costa refuses to sign, a fight against Usman would also make sense for the UFC 300 card.
“I think there could be a chance of Usman fighting Rob at UFC 300,” Day said. “And I know Rob definitely wants to fight Usman. It’s a fight we called for a few months back."
"UFC 300 will be a stacked card. And to have two former champions coming together, that would be awesome.”
Source: https://www.foxsports.com.au/ufc/uf...4dcbdf2ed23f82a28918962048?recommendedCount=0
‘Borrachinha’ recently challenged Whittaker to a fight over social media. However Day reveals that, since his client accepted said bout, Costa has since “vanished” and now he's accusing Costa
of “just playing f***ing games again”.
As a result, and while Whittaker is already back in training for the March timeline, his team is also preparing Australia’s first UFC champion to possibly face former welterweight king Usman on a blockbuster UFC 300 card.
“A few weeks back Costa did some article saying he wants to fight anybody, has seen Rob is looking for a fight and said ‘c’mon Rob let’s go’. So we’ve agreed to that but since that’s all we’ve heard."
“The UFC asked Rob when he wants to fight and he’s told them March, which would be UFC 299. He has a baby due in late February, so he doesn’t want to do anything before then in case of any complications and so on, especially given he travels for fights two weeks prior. But since agreeing to Costa, he is now just trying to call out Chimaev which is weird, because he’s injured."
“We think the guy is just playing f***ing games again. Maybe he doesn’t really want to fight Rob. Who knows? There was even a social media post a couple of weeks ago where he told Rob
‘if you’re keen to go, let’s fight’. But this is the third time it’s happened. Twice Rob has been signed to fight Costa before. And twice he’s vanished. No reason, no injuries … just refused to sign.
It’s just weird.”
While Robert Whittaker remains focused on both the birth of his child and that March 10 date, the team also knows that if Costa refuses to sign, a fight against Usman would also make sense for the UFC 300 card.
“I think there could be a chance of Usman fighting Rob at UFC 300,” Day said. “And I know Rob definitely wants to fight Usman. It’s a fight we called for a few months back."
"UFC 300 will be a stacked card. And to have two former champions coming together, that would be awesome.”
Source: https://www.foxsports.com.au/ufc/uf...4dcbdf2ed23f82a28918962048?recommendedCount=0
