Robert Whittaker recommends Alex Pereira keep away from middleweight return
Throughout a current interview with Submission RadioWhittaker weighed in on Pereira's prospective go back to the middleweight department.
“I hope [not]Truthfully, I do not believe that's a great defend him,” Whittaker stated of Pereira vs. du Plessis. “But likewise, when you go up to light heavyweight, returning down is challenging. It's not like he went up for one battle … he's been battling there for a while now. It would take a lot of effort to get back down, and Dricus [du Plessis] is so strong there. Alex [Pereira] gets hit, and Dricus likes getting hit …
“So it's difficult to see somebody with the quantity of power to stop Dricus from strolling forward into you. And Dricus strikes hard, you saw that in the battle versus Adesanya, and Adesanya has a truly great chin.”
Pereira will heading UFC 307 next month versus Khalil Rountree Jr. Du Plessis, on the other hand, hasn't eliminated a prospective future relocate to light heavyweight.
Whittaker's familiarity with du Plessis comes from a TKO loss at UFC 290. He's won back-to-back battles considering that the spectacular defeat to du Plessis.
