Robert Whittaker is not a fan of the BMF title.
Since the BMF title was created in 2019, Jorge Masvidal, Justin Gaethje, Max Holloway, and Carlos Oliveira have held the belt. Oliveira dominated Holloway to capture the BMF title at UFC 326 in March.
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Whittaker explains how he would rather see the UFC create a title instead of the BMF.
“First of all, the BMF title, I don’t know yet,” Whittaker said on his “MMArcade Podcast.” “I’m happy for the fighters that it’s around because I think they have the money of the championship level. It’s like extra good, extra incentive to earn money and so earn, but I don’t understand.
“Or not, I just don’t quite agree with that. Second, why don’t we just have more titles like boxing? I don’t know the answer. Or maybe just superfights because they’re important things. We don’t really need it – even BMF sounds a bit tacky, you know what I mean?”
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Oliveira (37-11 MMA, 25-11 UFC) makes his first BMF title defense when he takes on Diego Lopes (28-8 MMA, 7-3 UFC) in the main event of UFC 335 on December 12 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas (Paramount+).
This article first appeared on MMA Junkie: The UFC champ found the BMF title ‘tacky,’ suggesting something else