{"id":327424,"date":"2019-10-06T08:35:01","date_gmt":"2019-10-06T15:35:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=327424"},"modified":"2019-10-06T10:45:02","modified_gmt":"2019-10-06T17:45:02","slug":"robert-whittaker-releases-video-statement-on-ufc-243-title-fight-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/robert-whittaker-releases-video-statement-on-ufc-243-title-fight-loss\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert Whittaker releases video statement on UFC 243 title fight loss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former UFC middleweight champion Robert Whittaker has released a video statement <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/ufc-243-results-israel-adesanya-kos-robert-whittaker-video\/\">following his loss to Israel Adesanya in the main event of UFC 243<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Reaper&#8221; posted a video along with a written statement to his fans on his social media. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/robwhittakermma\/status\/1180789728242626562?s=21\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Here&#8217;s what it said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I just want to say thank you for all the love and support I have felt from everybody, it honestly makes me love what I do. Tonight just wasn\u2019t my night, it happens but I\u2019ll just come back stronger. I always do. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/S1uBgbvno9\">pic.twitter.com\/S1uBgbvno9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Robert Whittaker (@robwhittakermma) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/robwhittakermma\/status\/1180789728242626562?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 6, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;I just want to say thank you for all the love and support I have felt from everybody, it honestly makes me love what I do. Tonight just wasn\u2019t my night, it happens but I\u2019ll just come back stronger. I always do,&#8221; <\/em>wrote Whittaker.<\/p>\n<p>In the video message, here&#8217;s what Whittaker told his fans.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Hey guys, how are you? This is straight after the press conference. Thanks for the fans for tuning in. I&#8217;m a little disappointed to say the least. It is what it is though. Two of the best strikers in the world went in there and butted heads. I got clipped. Honestly I&#8217;m disappointed but it&#8217;s not the end of the world. I&#8217;m not going anywhere. I&#8217;m telling you I&#8217;m one of the best fighters in the world. I felt good. I felt strong. I felt great. At the press conference they asked if I could have done anything different in the fight. No. Tonight I went out there and sometimes you lose. It happens and it&#8217;s sh*t. Sometimes it f*cking rains on you. But you keep your head up and keep working.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The loss to Adesanya snapped Whittaker&#8217;s nine-fight win streak, which included a perfect 8-0 run as a middleweight. He is still one of the top-three ranked middleweights in the sport, but after losing to Adesanya in such lopsided fashion there&#8217;s no doubt Whittaker will have to get back in the win column against someone else before he gets a rematch.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Do you believe Robert Whittaker can regroup and become the UFC middleweight champion once again?<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former UFC middleweight champion Robert Whittaker has released a video statement following his loss to Israel Adesanya in the main event of UFC 243. &#8220;The Reaper&#8221; posted a video along with a written statement to his fans on his social media. Here&#8217;s what it said. 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