Robert Whittaker has seen the highs and lows of being a UFC fighter. He is a former UFC Champion with wins over Yoel Romero, Darren Till, Marvin Vettori, Derek Brunson, among several other notable names in the world of mixed martial arts. However, Robert Whittaker’s story looks far from complete.
Whittaker hasn’t given up on his dream of becoming a UFC Champion again and as he takes on Paulo Costa this weekend at UFC 298, he will look to establish just that.
There’s a reason why he is called The Reaper, however, outside of the cage, Whittaker has a completely different personality. The aggressive and violent Whittaker is surprisingly a very calm and fun-loving person in real life.
A huge gaming fan, Whittaker carries his controller wherever he goes. You can see him playing video games during UFC Embedded. Today, we will explore Robert Whittaker’s love for music and the songs he has used for his UFC walkouts.
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Consequently, Whittaker will now step inside the octagon to reclaim his lost title against Israel Adesanya in a rematch at UFC 271. Ahead of this mouth-watering main event clash, let us take a look at some of Robert Whittaker’s walkout songs.
Robert Whittaker’s love for “Can’t be touched” by Roy Jones Jr.
Legendary boxer Roy Jones Jr. released the song Can’t Be Touched in early 2000’s and this song became popular in no time. The former world champion’s transition from boxing to music was successful and his album Round One did great numbers.
UFC middleweight contender Robert Whittaker has walked out to Can’t Be Touched by Roy Jones Jr. on numerous occasions. For instance, The Reaper has used the same song for his fights against Darren Till, Derek Brunson, Kelvin Gastelum, Dricus Du Plessis and many more.
At UFC 213, Robert Whittaker walked out this rap song for his title bout against Yoel Romero. Whittaker displayed his brilliant striking throughout the five rounds and defeated The Soldier of God to win the belt via unanimous decision.
Robert Whittaker vs Stephen Thompson – “Hell’s Bells” by AC/DC
Robert Whittaker started his UFC journey as a welterweight. The Australian fighter had won twice and lost once in his three fights since making his UFC debut in 2012. Thereafter The Reaper went head to head against Stephen Thompson at UFC 170. For this matchup, Whittaker walked out to the popular song Hell’s Bells by distinguished rock band AC/DC.
In this fight, Stephen Thompson obiliterated Rober Whittaker with his striking in the first round and handed the Australian his second loss on the trot in the UFC
Robert Whittaker vs Israel Adesanya – “Ke Sanh” by Cold Chisel
After losing to Stephen Thompson at UFC 170, Robert Whittaker made an outstanding comeback and went on an extraordinary run of nine wins from 2014 to 2018. During this period, Bobby Knuckles won the UFC middleweight title against Romero and defended it once. In 2019, The Reaper had to defend his belt against the rising superstar Israel Adesanya at UFC 243.
The entire build up of the fight was very entertaining as both middleweight’s engaged in a lot of trash talk. For his second title defense, Whittaker walked out to the tunes of Khe Sanh by Chisel. Chisel’s Khe Sanh is one of the most popular songs in Australia and the middleweight champion walked out to this song in front of his hometown fans in Melbourne, Australia.
However, the Aussie was unable to deliver his best performance as the Stylebender dropped him twice and finished the fight in the second round to become the new UFC champion.
Robert Whittaker is set to take on Paulo Costa next at UFC 298. He is coming off a stoppage loss against Dricus Du Plessis.