Robert Whittaker Praises Dricus Du Plessis’ Title Win: ‘He Just Wanted It More’

Robert Whittaker thought there was a clear winner in the UFC 297 headliner.

And no, he’s not talking Sean Strickland. Following the fight on Saturday, the former UFC Middleweight Champion believes his former foe, Dricus Du Plessis did enough across the distance to secure the world title.

Everybody else? Not so much, as many fans had scored the main event for Strickland instead. For Whittaker, he doesn’t understand all of the hoopla.

“I don’t know why it’s controversial, I genuinely don’t,” Whittaker said on the MMArcade Podcast. “I’ve seen a lot of other fighters and even Dana White himself saying like, he didn’t think [DDP] won the fight. I thought he won the fight. I’ll say congratulations…