{"id":246578,"date":"2017-08-12T08:37:59","date_gmt":"2017-08-12T15:37:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=246578"},"modified":"2017-08-12T08:37:59","modified_gmt":"2017-08-12T15:37:59","slug":"robert-whittaker-georges-st-pierre-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/robert-whittaker\/robert-whittaker-georges-st-pierre-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert Whittaker Doesn’t Care About Georges St-Pierre Fighting Michael Bisping"},"content":{"rendered":"

The way that the UFC’s middleweight division has been booked has caused a lot of fighters to get pissed off. Michael Bisping and his forever-upcoming fight with Georges St-Pierre<\/a> created a log jam that had domino effects far beyond what people could have imagined. At one point, fighters like Luke Rockhold and Yoel Romero were on strike. Jacare Souza used the situation to leverage a better contract, while Gegard Mousasi left for Bellator. The new interim middleweight \u00a0champion Robert Whittaker doesn’t seem to care though.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s worked in my favor with that fight being scheduled.\u00a0I have to fight Michael \u2014 there\u2019s no one I also can fight \u2014 so with that, the earliest I can realistically fight is early next year anyway. They [the UFC] knew I couldn\u2019t fight until early next year and Michael wanted that fight with Georges really badly.\u00a0So, to me it\u2019s perfect and there\u2019s no guarantees what\u2019s going to happen. I\u2019m happy to fight Georges as much as I am to fight Bisping.” \u2014\u00a0Robert Whittaker speaking to FOX Sports Australia<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"Robert<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019d love to fight in Australia, whoever it is I face, but stylistically they\u2019re both tough dudes and they\u2019re both tough fights so I\u2019m happy with both match-ups.\u00a0Georges is a well-accomplished fighter and one of the best ever but this isn\u2019t his division. Michael is a tough. If I had to lean one way or the other I\u2019d probably lean towards Michael. I think he\u2019s got what takes to get it over him. I really don\u2019t care what anybody in the division does, as long as it doesn\u2019t get in my way, you know what I mean? Michael fighting George doesn\u2019t impede my end destination in any way. Regardless of who comes out of the fight on top, I\u2019ll fight them and I really am happy with both.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

If you’ve been keeping an eye on Robert Whittaker through his rise to the top, it should be no surprise how nonchalant he is about the whole thing. Romero is a terrifying human being and Whittaker went every round with him at UFC 213<\/a> wearing a stone face and only one leg. As far as Whittaker is concerned; Bisping, St-Pierre, it doesn’t really matter. This Aussie just wants to bang, bro. St-Pierre actually staying<\/em> at middleweight to defend a title if he wins, that’s a whole other story.<\/p>\n

This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0on 8\/12\/2017.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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