What Robert Whittaker has said about Strength and conditioning for combat sports
2 quotes · 1 episode · Oct 22, 2026
Robert Whittaker, Australian mixed martial artist, former UFC middleweight champion now competing at light heavyweight, and host of the MMArcade podcast, has been quoted on Strength and conditioning for combat sports 2 times in 1 episode of The Joe Rogan Experience, most recently on October 22, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Whittaker says he could not perform if he drank and smoked before fights the way Carlos Prates does.
“Because I guarantee if I started drinking and smoking before a fight, I'm gone. Within seconds, within seconds, I'm gassing on the walkout”
The Joe Rogan Experience: JRE MMA Show #187 with Robert Whittaker (Oct 22, 2026) · Listen from 8:09
Whittaker argues that conditioning to exhaustion should be sport-specific, such as wrestling to fatigue.
“if you want to break yourself doing something, it needs to be in the craft you're doing”
The Joe Rogan Experience: JRE MMA Show #187 with Robert Whittaker (Oct 22, 2026) · Listen from 1:09:18
Episodes
JRE MMA Show #187 with Robert WhittakerThe Joe Rogan Experience · Oct 22, 2026 · 2 h 55 min
Joe Rogan and UFC fighter Robert Whittaker discuss MMA outliers, fighting styles, training philosophy, weight cutting, his move to light heavyweight, and life in Australia.
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