Robert Whittaker

Nationality

New Zealand

Born

1990-12-20

Height

6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)

Weight

186 lb (84 kg; 13 st 4 lb)

Robert John Whittaker (born 20 December 1990) is a New Zealand-born Australian professional mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the Middleweight division in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he is a former UFC Middleweight Champion. As of 12 September 2023, he is No. 3 in the UFC middleweight rankings. A professional MMA competitor since 2009, Whittaker was a contestant on the first series of The Ultimate Fighter: The Smashes and won the welterweight tournament. Whittaker became interim middleweight champion after winning the title at UFC 213; he was promoted to undisputed champion after Georges St-Pierre vacated the UFC Middleweight Championship in 2017.