1. UFC MIDDLEWEIGHT CHAMPION ROB WHITTAKER

    Rob Whittaker is the former UFC Middleweight Champion, and one of Australia’s most elite and notorious MMA fighters. Rob won the title in 2017 against Yoel Romero at UFC 213, winning by unanimous decision and becoming the first Australian/NZ-born fighter to become reigning champ. Whittaker is currently ranked #3 in the Middleweight division, as of September 2023.

  • CAREER START 2009
  • Code UFC
  • DATE OF BIRTH DECEMBER 20, 1990
  1. BACKGROUND

    Rob Whittaker is the former UFC Middleweight Champion and is the #2 in the UFC middleweight rankings (previously #1). Whittaker is a New Zealand-born Australian athlete. He began competing in Mixed Martial Arts in 2008, singing with Australia’s Extreme Fighting Championships and debuting in 2009. Whittaker went on to compete in the Cage Fighting Championships before making his UFC debut in 2012, succeeding against Brad Scott. In 2017, Whittaker fought for the interim middleweight title against Yoel Romero at UFC 213, winning by unanimous decision and becoming the first Australian and first New Zealand-born fighter to hold a UFC title.

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HONOURS & ACHIEVEMENTS

  • Ultimate Fighting Championship
    • UFC Middleweight Championship (one time)
    • Interim UFC Middleweight Championship (one time, first)
    • First Australian UFC champion
    • The Ultimate Fighter: The Smashes Welterweight Tournament Winner
    • The Ultimate Fighter: The Smashes Knockout of the Season
    • Fight of the Night (four times) vs. Clint Hester, Derek Brunson, Yoel Romero
    • Performance of the Night (three times) vs. Brad Tavares, Derek Brunson, Ronaldo Souza
  • Superfight Australia

    Superfight Australia Welterweight Championship (one time)

  • MMA Mania.com

    UFC/MMA ‘Fighter of the Year’ 2017 – Top 5 List #2

  • Sherdog

    2017 Fighter of the Year

  • MMA DNA.nl
    • 2017 Fighter of the Year
    • 2018 Fight of the Year
  • BJPENN.COM

    Scrap of the Month for June 2018

  • World MMA Awards

    2017 International Fighter of the Year

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