Robert Whittaker wants to do as much damage as possible to Paulo Costa at UFC 298, saying an upset defeat in his last fight "put the animal" back in him.
Whittaker, a former UFC middleweight champion, dropped his usually cool demeanour to warn Brazilian challenger Costa ahead of their February 17 fight in California.
"I'm not just in this fight to win, I'm in it to hurt Costa," the New Zealand-born Australian said.