Ikram Aliskerov has despatched a warning to Robert Whittaker forward of their UFC Saudi Arabia important occasion struggle.
Aliskerov stepped up on brief discover to face Whittaker after Khamzat Chimaev was pressured out of the bout. Aliskerov was imagined to struggle final weekend, so he delayed his struggle per week to tackle the previous middleweight title challenger.
Though that is solely Ikram Aliskerov’s third UFC struggle and one he’s the betting underdog in, he has confidence he’ll be capable to pull off the upset.
“I’m not used to being the prey over there within the Octagon, I’m not used to somebody looking me. So, I’m going to be the one that’s going to shock and unpleasantly shock him by being a hunter myself and I’m going to ensure I’ll do no matter I have to do to complete the struggle,” Aliskerov mentioned at UFC Saudi Arabia media day.
If Aliskerov does end Whittaker it might be a press release win and would put the Russian into the title image at middleweight. Despite the fact that he would solely be 3-0 within the UFC, beating a former champion and ending one would maintain a ton of weight, and Aliskerov is assured he can do exactly that.
Ikram Aliskerov does have ending potential as each of his UFC wins have come by first-round knockout. In his profession, he has gained 11 of his 15 wins by stoppage.
Aliskerov is at the moment 15-1 as a professional and coming off a KO win over Warlley Alves again in October. Earlier than that, he scored a KO win over Phil Hawes. The Russians’ lone profession loss got here by knockout by Khamzat Chimaev in 2019.
Robert Whittaker, in the meantime, is 25-7 and is coming off a choice win over Paulo Costa in February. The victory received him again into the win column after he dropped a TKO loss to Dricus Du Plessis.