Ultimate confirms Robert Whittaker against Jared Cannonier for UFC 248 in March

The Australian Robert whittaker He already has a confirmed date to try to get back on track to his old belt. The athlete was confirmed as an opponent for Jared Cannonier for one of the main fights of the UFC 248, which takes place on March 7th, in Las Vegas (USA). The information was released by Ultimate on its social networks.

To try to erase the defeat suffered by Israel adesanya, which took place in the main fight of the UFC 243, in October, Whittaker will face an opponent who has shown quality and merit to be among the category's elite rankings. Cannonier is on a three-fight winning streak; one of them about the legendary athlete, Anderson Silva.

Although Robert recently declared that his focus is not on showing off or, at least, playing for the belt, the athlete needs to win again to always face the best opponents. Before being confirmed as Jared's opponent, Whittaker offered a chance to face the newest member of the category, Darren till, who debuted in the new division against Kelvin Gastelum and, after winning, he quickly jumped to fifth place.

The fight against the Englishman ended up not being successful and the UFC decided to make the confrontation between the fourth and first in the rankings official. The fighters are competing directly for a chance to become the next to challenge Adesanya, who still has no confirmed opponent for 2020.