‘Join the queue’… Robert Whittaker responds to being called out by Roman Dolidze after UFC Vegas 104 win

Robert Whittaker seems to be no interest in a fight with Roman Dolidze.

The Georgian middleweight took the biggest victory of his career at Marvin Vettori at UFC Vegas 104 on Saturday evening.

During his interview after the fight, Roman Dolidze demanded a big matchup after winning a third UFC match in a row.

Israel Adesanya and Robert Whittaker formed a two-man Hitlist of potential opponents for his next Octagon outing.

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Robert Whittaker responds to the call from Roman Dolidze

Whittaker initially tried to prevent him from tackling Dolidze's call when he met UFC Vegas 104.

The former middle weight champion admitted that he had eliminated the newest UFC head event when he realized that Dolidze and Vettori had settled in a rhythm that was 'the same as their first fight' on UFC 286 in March 2023.

After a bit of a push, 'The Reaper' distanced itself from a potential collision with Dolidze.

“I try to fight a top five man, guy,” said Whittaker on Mmarcade Podcast.

“Participate in the queue. I want to fight against Sean [Strickland]. International Vechtweek. “

Robert Whittaker wants Sean Strickland now

UFC 317 will head the 13th annual international fight week of the promotion in June.

Whittaker has already made it very clear that in his first fight he wanted to be confronted with Sean Strickland since Khamzat Chimaev put in his teeth with a rear naked choke on UFC 308 last October.

It is currently unclear whether June will work for Strickland, since the former middleweight champion is currently healing after he has wiped out his nose during a five-round decision defeat against Dricus du Plessis on UFC 312 last month.

“I think Strickland is making a good argument, because I feel that we have both been in that top of pond for a while to circling each other,” said Whittaker. “For whatever reason, we are not linked, but we have both been in the vicinity for a while.

“It is probably the fight to make, I am enthusiastic about that fight. I look at his style and I find it curious. I find it exciting to try to train. “