Two of the finest middleweight in UFC will finally collide at the upcoming UFC 284. The event is set to take place in Australia on Feb. 11 at RAC Arena in Perth.
Former middleweight champion Robert Whittaker will be facing Brazil’s Paulo Costa infront of a home crowd in the co-main event of the night.
Whittaker (24-6 MMA, 15-4 UFC) is coming off a dominant unanimous decision win over Marvin Vettori last month at UFC Fight Night 209 in Paris. The bout was his first fight back since losing to champion Israel Adesanya in a very closely contested rematch at UFC 271 in February. Whittaker is 13-2 in his past 15 bouts with the two defeats coming in championship fights against Adesanya.
Meanwhile, Costa (14-2 MMA, 6-2 UFC) recently snapped a two-fight losing streak, the first ever defeats in his professional career, by edging out Luke Rockhold in a Fight of the Night performance at UFC 278 in August. The pair of defeats came against Adesanya and Vettori.