Robert Whittaker and Tai Tuivasa shared fun when a fan had some harsh phrases for Paulo Costa.

UFC 284 goes down on February 11 in Perth, Australia. Whittaker was initially anticipated to combat within the co-main occasion in opposition to Costa with tons of assist from the Australian followers. Sadly, the Brazilian scrapped the middleweight matchup as a result of he desires extra money from the UFC earlier than competing once more.

Whittaker, Tuivasa, Kai Kara-France, and Kyle Noke had been featured in a Q&A session in the course of the UFC 284 combat week. Issues began to get out of hand as a fan requested ‘The Reaper’ this query:

“When are you gonna get your arms on [Paulo] Costa and knock that b*tch out?”

The whole panel discovered the query amusing, however Whittaker nonetheless gave an sincere reply:

“I wished to get my arms on him this weekend. That was the plan. I used to be so excited for that combat. I had a variety of plans for it. I believed it might have been a very killer stellar combat. I might’ve placed on a killer present for you guys, however it’s what it’s.”

The fan ended the entertaining alternate by saying:

“He’s a f*cking p*ssy. F*ck that c*nt”

Watch Robert Whittaker and Tai Tuivasa snort off the query about Paulo Costa beneath:

Robert Whittaker is not sure of what’s subsequent for him at middleweight

On April 8, Alex Pereira and Israel Adesanya may have their rematch bout for the UFC middleweight championship. Now that Robert Whittaker probably received’t be preventing Paulo Costa subsequent, it’s unclear what’s subsequent for him because the quantity two-ranked contender.

Throughout an interview with MMAFighting, ‘The Reaper’ had this to say about preventing both the winner of Pereira/Adesanya or Khamzat Chimaev:

“It is a bizarre place, he is [Chimaev] not even organized middleweight proper now. Umm… there’s a variety of guys in entrance of him, however then I am in a humorous place the place I am searching for a giant combat. I am simply lurking at, you already know the border of Adesanya-Pereira making an attempt to get my arms on both of them. So, yeah we’ve got to attend and see.”

Whittaker’s subsequent combat may change relying on the end result between Pereira and Adesanya. ‘The Final Stylebender’ has two wins in opposition to ‘The Reaper,’ making the matchup much less intriguing than a brand new opponent in ‘Poatan.’ In the meantime, Chimaev is planning to make a everlasting transfer to middleweight, which may place him in a number-one contender combat in opposition to the 32-year-old former UFC champion.