De Ridder's Abu Dhabi victory was as close as it gets. Roughly half of all fans and media members scored it for Whittaker.

Reinier de Ridder secured a split decision victory over Robert Whittaker at UFC on ABC 9 in Abu Dhabi. Despite two judges ...

The latest action on offer inside the Octagon has seen some climb the UFC rankings toward contention and others fall away.

Robert Whittaker is holding his head high, as usual. The former middleweight champion suffered a loss this past Saturday in ...

Whittaker (26-9 MMA, 17-7 UFC) was lost a split decision to Reinier de Ridder (21-2 MMA, 4-0 UFC) in Saturday's main event at ...

Robert Whittaker is keeping his chin high after a super tight split decision loss to Reinier de Ridder in their UFC Abu Dhabi main event.

Din Thomas thinks Robert Whittaker is one loss from facing unranked opponents after falling short at UFC Abu Dhabi.

Whittaker and de Ridder faced off in the main event of UFC Abu Dhabi last weekend. After a hard-fought five-round bout, the ...

Robert Whittaker took some positives from his most recent loss. | Getty/UFC Robert Whittaker is taking his loss to Reinier de ...

Reinier de Ridder seemed fairly surprised to hear the announcer read out a dissenting scorecard in the wake of his split decision win over Robert Whittaker at ...