Kiwi-born Robert Whittaker to defend UFC title in June ADRIAN WARRENREY DEL RIO/GETTY IMAGES Whittaker celebrates after his victory over Romero in their interim UFC middleweight championship bout during UFC 213. Australia's UFC middleweight champion New Zealand-born Robert Whittaker will have his much-anticipated first title defence and rematch with Cuban star Yoel Romero in June in Chicago. He will fight Romero at the United Center in the headline bout on UFC 225 on June 10 (NZ time). Whittaker won the UFC interim title with a five-round unanimous decision over Romero last July in Las Vegas. Whittaker is No.11 in the UFC pound-for-pound rankings.

Source: Stuff March 15, 2018 08:56 UTC