Rob Wilkinson Would Love the PFL to Hold Events in Australia PFLPlayoffs —by MrTudorLeonte
The Tasmanian fighter left his longtime home gym, Hybrid Training Centre, to train at Factory X in Colorado in order to avoid any COVID-related travel issues. Wilkinson hopes to see the American promotion touch down in his homeland, a dream that seems more plausible than ever, considering that the PFL is already exploring some territory outside the United States and will hold part of this year’s playoffs in England.
“I'd love that,” Wilkinson said. “There hasn't been any big promotions going to Australia for a while. UFC are the only ones that really do [that], and they haven't been there for some time. So I think if PFL goes, especially with me in the final, it would be huge over there, and it would be awesome to fight for a world title and win a world title in my home country. That'd mean a lot to me. So I've got my fingers crossed that they go to Australia.
A former Ultimate Fighting Championship contestant, Wilkinson was the one who welcomed current UFC 185-pound kingpininto the Octagon back at UFC 221 in February 2018. On that occasion, “The Last Stylebender” defeated his opponent via second-round TKO. The pair then had the chance to train together, and Wilkinson learned much from that experience.
“When I first faced him, I was more imagining myself becoming the world champion,” he said. “After watching him fight and then fighting him and then watching his next couple of fights, I actually went down and trained with him in City Kickboxing. You could see that it was his kind of path. He was dominating all his fights. You know, I learned a lot, even just from talking to him when I went down and trained with him after I fought him.
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