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Robert Whittaker
“The Reaper”
Light Heavyweight
Australia#11 Light HeavyweightUFC
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28WINS
9LOSSES
0DRAWS
12KO/TKO
5SUB
11DEC
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Tale of the tape
- Age
- 35 · born Dec 20, 1990 UFC.com
- Height
- 6′0″ 183 cm UFC.com
- Reach
- 73.5″ 187 cm UFC.com
- Leg reach
- 43″ 109 cm UFC.com
- Stance
- Orthodox UFCStats
- Weight class
- Light Heavyweight UFC.com
- UFC ranking
- #11 Light Heavyweight UFC.com
- Fighting style
- Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu UFC.com
- Team / gym
- PMA, Padstow NSW, Australia UFC.com
- Born
- Otahuhu, Australia UFC.com
- Fights out of / flag
- Australia UFC.com
- UFC debut
- Dec. 16, 2012 UFC.com
- 1st-round finishes
- 7 UFC.com
UFC.com: UFC.com athlete profile (official) · checked 2026-10-22 · UFCStats: UFCStats.com fighter page (data via the public ufcstats.com mirror, snapshot 2026-10-18)
UFC career stats
43%Striking accuracy1489 of 3432 landed
10%Takedown accuracy4⚑ of 42 landed
4.41Sig. strikes landedper min
3.4Sig. strikes absorbedper min
59%Striking defense
0.71Takedownsper 15 min
80%Takedown defense
0Submission attemptsper 15 min
0.53Knockdownsper 15 min
13:31Average fight time
⚑ = UFC.com and UFCStats disagree on this number. We show the official UFC.com figure and have flagged it for review.
Source: UFC.com athlete profile (official) (UFC stats are for UFC bouts only) · checked 2026-10-22
UFC fight history 25 bouts
| Res | Opponent | Method | Rd | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | Nikita Krylov | KO/TKO | 3 | Jul 11, 2026 | ↗ |
| L | Reinier de Ridder | Decision - Split | 5 | Jul 26, 2025 | ↗ |
| L | Khamzat Chimaev | Submission | 1 | Oct 26, 2024 | ↗ |
| W | Ikram Aliskerov | KO/TKO | 1 | Jun 22, 2024 | ↗ |
| W | Paulo Costa | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Feb 17, 2024 | ↗ |
| L | Dricus Du Plessis | KO/TKO | 2 | Jul 8, 2023 | ↗ |
| W | Marvin Vettori | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Sep 3, 2022 | ↗ |
| L | Israel Adesanya | Decision - Unanimous | 5 | Feb 12, 2022 | ↗ |
| W | Kelvin Gastelum | Decision - Unanimous | 5 | Apr 17, 2021 | ↗ |
| W | Jared Cannonier | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Oct 24, 2020 | ↗ |
| W | Darren Till | Decision - Unanimous | 5 | Jul 25, 2020 | ↗ |
| L | Israel Adesanya | KO/TKO | 2 | Oct 5, 2019 | ↗ |
| W | Yoel Romero | Decision - Split | 5 | Jun 9, 2018 | ↗ |
| W | Yoel Romero | Decision - Unanimous | 5 | Jul 8, 2017 | ↗ |
| W | Jacare Souza | KO/TKO | 2 | Apr 15, 2017 | ↗ |
| W | Derek Brunson | KO/TKO | 1 | Nov 26, 2016 | ↗ |
| W | Rafael Natal | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Apr 23, 2016 | ↗ |
| W | Uriah Hall | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Nov 14, 2015 | ↗ |
| W | Brad Tavares | KO/TKO | 1 | May 9, 2015 | ↗ |
| W | Clint Hester | KO/TKO | 2 | Nov 7, 2014 | ↗ |
| W | Mike Rhodes | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Jun 28, 2014 | ↗ |
| L | Stephen Thompson | KO/TKO | 1 | Feb 22, 2014 | ↗ |
| L | Court McGee | Decision - Split | 3 | Aug 28, 2013 | ↗ |
| W | Colton Smith | KO/TKO | 3 | May 25, 2013 | ↗ |
| W | Brad Scott | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Dec 14, 2012 | ↗ |
UFC bouts only. Source: UFCStats.com bout pages (via the public mirror, snapshot 2026-10-18) · checked 2026-10-22. Bouts outside the UFC aren’t listed because we only republish history we can trace to an official source.