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Matthew Wells

Robert Whittaker entertaining permanent move to light heavyweight to finish career

Former UFC middleweight champion Robert Whittaker has given thought to making the move up to the light heavyweight division.

It wouldn’t be the first weight class change for Whittaker (23-6 MMA, 14-4 UFC), who entered the UFC as a welterweight after “The Ultimate Fighter: Australia vs. U.K.,” in 2012. Whittaker’s first five fights with the promotion were at 170 pounds, and he won three of those bouts. He then moved up to the middleweight division in 2014, and won eight straight en route to the title.

With the current state of the division in a bit of flux as current champion Israel Adesanya is lapping the division and holds two title wins over him, Whittaker has been entertaining the idea of another move.

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