Robert Whittaker
Robert Whittaker

I started training with Fabricio Itte with my wrestling and high performance; I started spending a lot more time with my head coach Henry Perez and also my grappling coach Alex Prates. Those three are my core team, and they've made hugely important changes and skill enhancements with my game.

Robert Whittaker
Robert Whittaker

I'm very proud of my heritage and the blood that runs through my veins. I take a lot of strength from that.

Robert Whittaker
Robert Whittaker

My mother's Maori, and my father's Australian. I take my strength from both my ancestors, and I'm really privileged.

Robert Whittaker
Robert Whittaker

Fighter, father, husband - it's all the same person. I know the UFC stereotype is that we're all thugs. But I'd like people to know that I don't have to switch one off to try to be another. Being a father and a fighter, it's who I am.

Robert Whittaker
Robert Whittaker

It's coffee - if I have just the right amount, I come across as charismatic. One too many, and it's like I'm having a seizure.

Robert Whittaker
Robert Whittaker

The journey has moulded me into the person I am today. The journey of my mixed martial arts experience has been filled with ups and downs, but through that, I have come out a much better man.

Robert Whittaker
Robert Whittaker

I've got to give props to my dad. He got me into the UFC and the MMA scene to begin with.

Robert Whittaker
Robert Whittaker

That's the game plan - I've got it written down on paper: beat everyone. And that's what I'm looking forward to doing.

Robert Whittaker
Robert Whittaker

Every time I step out there in the Octagon, I aim to do Australia proud. And this isn't for popularity or a fan base; it has never been for that. It's just because I love my country, and I want to show the world what we're doing down here.

Robert Whittaker
Robert Whittaker

I just don't want to be a champion; I want to be one of the best fighters there ever was.

Robert Whittaker
Robert Whittaker

The reason I fight is to provide for my family, and I cannot risk having that taken away.

Robert Whittaker
Robert Whittaker

It's an absolute honour and privilege to get out there and be an Australian headlining an Australian card. That's unreal; it really is.

Robert Whittaker
Robert Whittaker

Everyone needs an objective, and everyone needs a goal, and it was frustrating just kind of being at a standstill.

Robert Whittaker
Robert Whittaker

I train hard; I have the best coaching staff in the world... We always do the right things. I stick to the plan, and we get things done.

Robert Whittaker
Robert Whittaker

I like to think I learn a lot out of every fight.

Robert Whittaker
Robert Whittaker

Every fight, I try to get out there and set an example to show the rest of the world we have fighters from Australia, and we're for real, and we're here to stay.

Robert Whittaker
Robert Whittaker

When I made the UFC, everyone said, 'You need to go overseas.' I thought I had to go as well, and I went to Tristar Gym, and I was there for one or two years. But changes were needed. I'd come off back-to-back losses - Court McGee and Stephen Thompson - and I needed to look at my roots and go back to the drawing board.

Robert Whittaker
Robert Whittaker

It's a very funny topic, missing weight and getting title shots. I think the punishments should be more severe, but I don't know.

Robert Whittaker
Robert Whittaker

I vigorously train in my jui jitsu and my wrestling, but my stand-up game gives me a huge advantage in defending take-downs.

Robert Whittaker
Robert Whittaker

Michael Bisping's whole life is a film scene. He's always acting. Confronting me at UFC 213, it makes me laugh. It's a bit clownish.