Great words of encouragement from a fighting legend… what a compliment from Mark Hunt;
Round 6: Mark Hunt says Robert Whittaker can become a UFC champ within a year
Mark Hunt reckons, within a year, Robert Whittaker can become the UFC middleweight champion, saying: “The guy is an absolute monster”.
Speaking with Round 6 this week, Hunt said Whittaker would use his UFC 197 bout against Brazilian Rafael Natal to catapult into a megafight with one of the division’s biggest names.
Incredibly, Whittaker could then headline on home soil in November, with potential rivals including Anderson Silva, Michael Bisping, Vitor Belfort and Lyoto Machida.
Asked this week about Whittaker, Hunt replied: “The guy is an absolute monster.
“And it’s only a matter of time now before he starts doing some really great things in his division.
“I mean, geez, he can be the next middleweight world champion. Anything is possible for him.”
Read full article on Daily Telegraph website.
