UFC 284 crowd goes loopy whereas asking Robert Whittaker about “F**KING PUSSY” Paulo Costa, Tai Tuivasa joins in

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 struggle 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 more cash from the UFC earlier than competing once more.

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

“When are you gonna get your fingers 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 fingers on him this weekend. That was the plan. I used to be so excited for that struggle. I had a number of plans for it. I assumed it will have been a very killer stellar struggle. I might’ve placed on a killer present for you guys, however it’s what it’s.”

The fan ended the entertaining change by saying:

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

Watch Robert Whittaker and Tai Tuivasa chortle 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 may have their rematch bout for the UFC middleweight championship. Now that Robert Whittaker seemingly 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 a number of guys in entrance of him, however then I am in a humorous place the place I am searching for a giant struggle. I am simply lurking at, you already know the border of Adesanya-Pereira making an attempt to get my fingers on both of them. So, yeah we’ve got to attend and see.”

Whittaker’s subsequent struggle may 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 may place him in a number-one contender struggle in opposition to the 32-year-old former UFC champion.