Robert Whittaker and Tai Tuivasa shared amusing 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 battle within the co-main occasion in opposition to Costa with tons of help 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 have been featured in a Q&A session in the course of the UFC 284 battle 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 complete panel discovered the query amusing, however Whittaker nonetheless gave an sincere reply:

“I needed to get my arms on him this weekend. That was the plan. I used to be so excited for that battle. I had plenty of plans for it. I believed it might have been a very killer stellar battle. I’d’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 under:

Robert Whittaker is uncertain of what’s subsequent for him at middleweight

On April 8, Alex Pereira and Israel Adesanya can have their rematch bout for the UFC middleweight championship. Now that Robert Whittaker doubtless gained’t be combating 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 combating 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 plenty of guys in entrance of him, however then I am in a humorous place the place I am searching for an enormous battle. I am simply lurking at, the border of Adesanya-Pereira attempting to get my arms on both of them. So, yeah we’ve got to attend and see.”

Whittaker’s subsequent battle might change relying on the 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 might place him in a number-one contender battle in opposition to the 32-year-old former UFC champion.