Robert Whittaker is ready to fight Israel Adesanya at 185 and even 205. The former champion lost his title to Adesanya at UFC 243. However, with wins over Darren Till and Jared Cannonier, Whittaker has gotten himself back in title contention.

Whittaker sat down with MMA media to discuss his plans. Before the fight with Cannonier, UFC president Dana White speculated that the winner would be next in line to fight champion Adesanya.

Stylebender seems to have other plans on his mind. After his dominating finish of Paulo Costa, Adesanya and his camp have set their sights on moving up to 205.

Jan Blachowicz won the vacated light heavyweight championship and Izzy sees this as the optimum time and opponent to move up.

Robert Whittaker wants to fight for the title

Whittaker, however, was not too pleased. An impressive unanimous decision win over Cannonier should guarantee a title shot against Adesanya.

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“I’ve already earned the right to fight for the title. That’s what that fight with Jared was.” The Reaper told Submission Radio. “It was a #1 contender fight.”

Whittaker, however, is willing to fight Adesanya at light heavyweight as well. “Yeah if he wins I’ll go up there and fight him, I don’t care.”

A move to 205 would not be an easy decision to make as the division holds the likes of Blachowicz, Thiago Santos, Glover Teixeira, Anthony Smith to name a few.

Whittaker willing to face Israel Adesanya at 205

“It depends how I go up there,” Whittaker told the Submission Radio team. “How I move and feel and how my size and height affect my ability to do what I do in the middleweight division.”

“I’m hitting a lot of nice levels where my height is not a huge disadvantage against the taller guys but I still have speed and power.” The Reaper continued, “Whereas the guys at light heavyweight are big boys.”

When asked if he has considered moving up to the light heavyweight division before becoming a champion, Whittaker jokingly replied, “Every time I diet and cut weight, I think about moving up to 205.”

‘The Reaper’ has only lost once since 2014 and has a record of 22-5. Whittaker will look to get back the win against Adesanya, whether it will be at middleweight or light heavyweight.