Less than a day after being taken from the water due to shark concerns, Aussie surfer Mick Fanning was again removed from the surf during the competition at Jeffreys Bay.

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A week after the biggest win of his career, the rising star that is Robert Whittaker is only just getting started.

Robert Whittaker's immediate post-fight plan is pretty simple; take some time off from training, see his kids and hopefully see a Blues' State of Origin win - with his historic interim middleweight championship win on the weekend still sinking in.

Australian Robert Whittaker won the UFC interim middleweight title with a thrilling unanimous points win against Cuban Yoel Romero in Las Vegas.

Now that Robert Whittaker has captured the interim middleweight championship, it's not long a question of if, but rather where and when he will meet England's Michael Bisping to unify the belts.

Such is the adversarial nature of Englishman Michael Bisping, the current middleweight champion didn't even wait until the end of the interim title fight to begin antagonising his potential opponents.

Follow our live blog from ringside in Las Vegas as Sydney boy Robert Whittaker looks to capture the interim middleweight championship.

One of the biggest weeks in Australian MMA history has just been made even sweeter, with the UFC set to announce a return to Sydney in November.

Friday night's precursor to UFC 213 has delivered a true redemption story.

While Aussie eyes have been fixated on Robert Whittaker's clash with Yoel Romero this weekend, the title fight between Amanda Nunes and Valentina Shevchenko promises to be every bit as captivating.

Almost exactly one week after Jeff Horn grabbed one of the biggest wins in the history of Australian boxing, it's time for another Australian to make history in the world of combat sports.

Just 48 hours before the biggest fight of his life, Robert Whittaker looks as though he doesn't have a care in the world.

This may be the prize-fighting capital of the world where brash over-confidence is all but encouraged, but Aussie fans looking for an atypical smug villain are going to be out of luck when Robert Whittaker steps into the ring with Yoel Romero.

Instead of the glowing lights of one the city's many casinos, Robert Whittaker and his camp are going through the paces at a small Brazilian jiu-jitsu studio a few minutes' away from the strip.

The biggest week of Robert Whittaker's professional life is underway.

Australia's mixed martial arts stocks continue to rise, with Megan Anderson to become the country's first woman to fight for a UFC world title.

Rob Lowe, Mr Bean (aka Rowan Atkinson), The Rock (aka Dwayne Johnson), the Dalai Lama and Usain Bolt all have something in common - they've been guests of the Collingwood Football Club (or at least photographed with the Magpies' famous black and white stripes).

Patric Hornqvist's late goal followed by an empty-netter from Carl Hagelin lifted the Pittsburgh Penguins to a thrilling 2-0 Stanley Cup-clinching victory over the Nashville Predators on Sunday.

Mark Hunt is back and he is already eyeing his next opponent.