Robert Whittaker is uninterested in listening to Sean Strickland run his mouth.
‘The Reaper’ suffered a fast first-round submission loss in his final outing, snapping a two-fight win streak and placing him a bit additional away from incomes one other shot on the middleweight title.
With Strickland just lately arising quick in his championship rematch towards Dricus Du Plessis, Whittaker likes the concept of throwing palms with ‘Tarzan’ this summer season.
Throughout a current look on Submission Radio, Whittaker lambasted Strickland’s particular model of trash discuss, suggesting that the ex-titleholder is getting a bit lazy on the subject of slamming different fighters verbally.
“I feel like trash talk has lost its skill—its finesse, you know what I mean? I feel like there used to be more skill involved, more thought involved, more finesse involved, you know? Whereas now, he’s kind of just… he’s just saying anything that comes to mind,” Whittaker mentioned. “It’s crude. It doesn’t—it doesn’t pair well with everything.”
Robert Whittaker believes a combat with Strickland is sensible proper now
Strickland’s lazy trash-talking apart, Whittaker thinks a combat between the 2 of them makes quite a lot of sense.
“I feel like we’ve both been in that top sort of the pond for a while circling each other,” Whittaker advised Anthony Smith. “I feel like for whatever reason we haven’t been matched up, but we’ve both been in proximity for a while. It’s most likely the fight to make. I’m excited by that fight. I look at his style and I find it curious, I find it exciting to try and work out. He’s a tough dude, but I’m really proud in my skill set and confident in my skill set.”
Whittaker at the moment sits because the fifth-ranked contender within the middleweight division whereas Strickland slipped to No. 2 following his loss to ‘DDP’ in Sydney.
Chances are high, a win gained’t end in both of them receiving one other title alternative anytime quickly with Khamzat Chimaev and Nassourdine Imavov’s current success, however it could definitely be a step in the fitting path.