It sounds like former UFC middleweight champion Robert Whitaker is set to make his first return to the Octagon since losing his title to Isreal Adesanya in October of 2019. The UFC is apparently targeting the ‘Reaper’ to meet Darren Till in the main event of UFC Dublin.
ESPN first reported the news. Till had initially agreed to fight Jared Cannonier at UFC 248 this past weekend, but Cannonier said the fight was scratched before it was ever finalized after he tore his pectoral muscle.
Whittaker’s (20-5) loss to Adesanya was his first defeat since 2014.