If Roman Dolidze needs to battle up the rankings, he’s gonna need to look to somebody apart from Robert Whittaker.
Dolidze landed a unanimous choice victory over Marvin Vettori on Saturday, extending his unbeaten streak to a few and overtaking the No. 9 spot within the middleweight rankings.
Reacting to the callout on his MMArcade podcast, ‘The Reaper’ was dismissive of a possible showdown with the Georgian, making it clear that he’s solely concerned with combating up the division somewhat than taking a step again down. It additionally doesn’t assist that Whittaker was so uninterested in Dolidze’s efficiency towards Vettori that he went again to taking part in video video games after watching a round-and-a-half of the Combat Evening headliner.
“I actually watched that fight — I watched a round-and-a-half and was like, ‘Dude, I have nothing to gain from this,’ and I went back to Monster Hunter Wilds,” Whittaker stated. “It was identical to the very same as their first battle, like they’re nonetheless on the similar pub.
“They’re just like, ‘Ah, it’s you.’ And then they just started punching on again. It’s the exact same thing. I reckon they should run it back to break the trilogy, to get some closure on whatever reason they’re having a brawl.”
There are nonetheless loads of choices for dolidze after Robert Whittaker snub
Dolidze additionally used his post-fight interview to name for a battle with former two-time titleholder Israel Adesanya. Contemplating ‘Izzy’ is sitting on a three-fight dropping streak, he might see Dolidze as an excellent alternative to get again into the win column whereas concurrently giving the Georgian a shot at a top-five rating.
One other battle that makes all an excessive amount of sense for Dolidze could be Anthony Hernandez. ‘Fluffy’ notched his seventh straight win final month, besting Brendan Allen by way of choice. The win moved Hernandez to No. 8 within the rankings — one spot above the place Dolidze at present sits.
Which battle do you suppose makes probably the most sense for ‘The Caucasian’ following his win over Vettori at UFC Vegas 104?
