Robert Whittaker calls Jon Jones the best P4P, shares dream UFC fight and explains how Sean Strickland could beat Darius du Plessis

Robert Whittaker says his best pound-for-pound UFC fighter will always be Jon Jones.

The No. 3-ranked middleweight has offered a dream fight like many mma Fans would love to see that in the near future.

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Australia’s Whittaker won Khamzat Chimaev In ufc 308 co-main event on 26 October in Abu Dhabi.

Former UFC Middleweight Champion He had a victory over Ikram Aliskerov in his last Octagon fight in June and is looking for a title shot in his next fight.

“Pound for pound? It’s hard to say,” said Whittaker. Speaking to talkSPORT.com.

“My pound-for-pound is always the same, it’s always john jonesHe is always one.

“Pound-for-pound to me is, you put him and anybody else in a room and who leaves? Correct.”

Whittaker emerged in the UFC after winning The Ultimate Fighter in 2012. He originally started out as a welterweight before moving up to 185 pounds in 2014.

He gained interim middleweight championship status after the defeat. yoel romero At UFC 213, before defeating the American again just three months later.

‘The Reaper’ was then prepared to fight the winner michael bisping versus Georges Saint-Pierre To unify the belts at UFC 217.

But St. Pierre retired after defeating the British champion and subsequently vacated the belt.

This meant that Whittaker was crowned the undisputed UFC middleweight champion, but his second fight with Romero was a non-title fight as his opponent missed weight.

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that was then ousted by interim champion israel Adesanya in his home country In front of a record 57,127 spectators at UFC 243 in February 2022.

“I’d love to see (Tom) Aspinall and (John) Jones,” Whittaker said.

“I don’t think we’ll see it, but I want to see it. I think Jones fights Stipe (Miocic) and then hangs up (his gloves).

UFC Heavyweight Champion Jon Jones will defend his belt against Miocic on November 17 at Madison Square Garden.

Aspinall is the current interim heavyweight champion and back-up fighter for the main event bout, but there are rumors that Jones will retire after their fight in New York.

Darius Du Plessis is the UFC middleweight champion and will defend his title against the No. 1 contender shaun strickland – The man he originally beat to claim the belt.

Whittaker shared his thoughts on Du Plessis’ unorthodox style and how the pair will fare in their title rematch.

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“Strickland will have to do something different (to beat Du Plessis), I don’t know if he can do it because he doesn’t fight like that,” he said.

“He (Du Plessis) is beating them all, I mean he has beaten me. Even when I was there I thought he was cumbersome, slow and awkward, and then he gets his hands on you and hits hard.

“Maybe this is all part of the method to his madness. Whatever he does, it is effective and works. He’s tough as nails, so you have to respect his style and pay attention to it.”

Elsewhere at UFC 308, Ilya Topuria defends his featherweight title for the first time max holloway,

Holloway is coming off an incredible win at UFC 300, where he was knocked out Justin Gaethje There is one second left on the clock in their five-round match.

Topuria has vowed to be the first to do so KO ‘Blessed’ in his main event bout in the United Arab Emirates.

“It’s very hard to say (who will win),” Whittaker said of the main event.

“Max is one of those guys who on paper is very hard to see how he loses, but then you look at Topuria’s skill set.

“He’s going to have to be one of the guys with the highest skill levels across the board in multiple martial arts, so I’m very curious to see how that goes.”

UK fans won’t have to stay up late for the main event card, as live coverage will begin at 5pm in Abu Dhabi.

You can watch the event live tnt sports Box office on Sunday, October 26.