'Upset' Aussie star has UFC blockbuster canned

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One of the astir anticipated fights to ever instrumentality spot connected Australian shores has been called off, with Robert Whittaker announcing helium volition not beryllium warring Paulo Costa astatine UFC 284 successful Perth.

The erstwhile middleweight champion made the announcement connected his assorted societal media pages.

"It's precise upsetting to accidental [the rumours] are existent - the fight with Costa has fallen apart," Aussie Whittaker said.

"The UFC tried everything successful their powerfulness to get him to the fight. They gave him the caller contract, from what I understand, to instrumentality the combat and helium inactive didn't instrumentality the fight. So yeah, the Perth combat is not happening."

Whittaker said helium is hoping to beryllium rescheduled for different combat successful March oregon April instead.

"I'm atrocious to each the friends, fans, and household that are heading implicit determination to ticker maine bash enactment - but it's retired of my hands.

"I'm upset. I was prepared to bid done Christmas, to bid done New Years, to enactment successful the work. I'm already truthful heavy into my camp, everyone knows my camps are rather long.

"I wanted to instrumentality the household out, I want to spell connected vacation aft the fight, bargain the kids immoderate caller toys, gain immoderate money, wage the rent - but each that's enactment connected the backburner for present and been pushed back."

Whittaker looked successful superb signifier again Marvin Vettori erstwhile helium fought successful Paris successful September, and a triumph successful Perth would person catapulted him backmost into the rubric representation successful the division.

"What tin you do? I'm conscionable going to bid my hardest, I'm going to bid similar a demon, and conscionable instrumentality retired my frustrations connected the adjacent feline - whoever they enactment successful beforehand of me," helium said.

"But successful the contiguous future, I conjecture I'm going to person immoderate day cake, what other is determination to do?"

Whittaker said helium inactive hoped to beryllium successful Perth for the paper to bash meet-and-greets with fans.

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