UFC ABU DHABI PREVIEW: Will Robert Whittaker derail the Dutch Knight De Ridder hype train?

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🗓️ 24 July 2025

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Fight Disciples Adam Catterall and Nick Peet preview UFC Abu Dhabi where Robert Whittaker headlines against Reinier de Ridder in a battle for contention in the middleweight division. The boys preview the entire main card in association with partners NetBet and their UFC Predictor game, where you can win £2k jackpot by selecting the winner and method of victory in the final five fights. https://go.netbet.co.uk/sport/?lp=ufc... For more UFC MMA content subscribe to our channel and join the UFC MMA conversation. 🔓 Listen Ad-free & get bonus content on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/FightDisciples Visit our website www.fightdisciples.com and subscribe to our multi-award winning podcast for FREE! 🎙️ SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST: https://link.chtbl.com/FightDisciples 📲 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thefightdis... 📲 X: https://twitter.com/fightdisciples 📲 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fightdisciples Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This podcast is part of the Sports Social Podcast Network.
0:06.8	Fight Disciples.
0:12.5	The UFC returns to Abu Dhabi this weekend and you can win
0:15.8	£2,000 jackpots by joining the free-to-play netbet, bet predict the game all you have to do sign in
0:24.1	choose the winner in each of the five fights on the main card plus method of victory and the jackpot
0:31.3	could be yours free to enter one shot pair person and for the tees netbet.co.com. UK. Need some help with your predictions? Myself and Mr. Cattle, I've got your back. As you can see, I'm on my family holiday, so I thought I'd get stuck in whilst I'm on the balcony. I having a morning coffee thinking about the fights this weekend. Last week, I had an absolute
0:54.2	shocker. Didn't get any right on the net bet predictor. Hopefully, this week will be a little
1:00.0	bit different. Main event, how am I seeing it, Robert Whitaker versus Arraniard de Riddard? If this
1:05.0	fight was made maybe a year ago, I'd have probably just gone straight forward, Robert Whittaker,
1:11.6	and the debate would have been how he was going to win the fight.
1:14.5	But the Ridd has been super impressive.
1:16.6	He's burst into the UFC.
1:18.6	He's winning.
1:19.8	He's finishing and he's looking good,
1:21.7	albeit at a lower level than the former champion, Robert Whitaker.
1:27.1	I've got to try my best to get the Hamzachimayev fight out of my head for Robert Whitaker,
1:33.1	because up until that point, he was absolutely fantastic.
1:35.1	And I think he still is one of the best middleweights on the planet.
1:40.2	Range control is really, really good.
1:41.9	His anti- Wrestling is really, really good.
1:43.5	And all those things go in his favour against Derrida. So therefore, I'm going to pick Robert Whitaker to get the job done. 15 minutes would guarantee me a decision victory. What does 25 minutes get me? I'm going to still pick a decision out of respect for René de Rida because I think he's a tough boy and I think he'll be able to navigate certain moments of the fight. But I would not be surprised if Robert Whittaker comes with a late TKR here, whether it's round four or round five. But my official pick on the predictor is a Robert Whittaker decision victory. Yeah, this main event is all about experience.
2:17.7	I agree with you, Adam.
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