Whittaker competes in the UFC 185-pound middleweight division, which is just under 84 kilograms (83.9146).Īnderson is arguably the top women’s featherweight contender in the world right now who has yet to fight for the UFC women’s 145-pound title. “Look, if I’m getting paid, then, yeah, I would, I guess,” Whittaker said. Of course, by the end of his answer about facing female UFC fighters, he seemed to be questioning his own thought process on the matter before the podcast team over at Grange TV ultimately moved on to other things.
“She’d smash me.”Īlso known as “The Reaper”, Whittaker basically suggested that he’s all about getting paid to fight inside the UFC’s Octagon and that he’d be open to fighting anyone so long as that continued to happen. Equality!”īut when asked specifically about facing fellow Australian UFC star Megan Anderson, who weighs only 145 pounds but stands 6 feet, Whitaker said he’d likely pass on that smoke. When asked if he’d ever fight a female UFC fighter, Whittaker responded, “Would I fight a girl? Yeah. Former middleweight champion Robert Whittaker returns to the Octagon on Saturday in Abu Dhabi against Darren Till, but “Bobby Knuckles” revealed in a recently resurfaced podcast episode that he’d also be down to square off against any UFC fighter in the future regardless of gender.
