UFC middleweight champion – Robert Whittaker, posted video to his Instagram page.
The fighter gives information about his condition and explains that he wants to defend the title versus Kelvin Gastelum.
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“Let me say that I’m sorry to all my friends and family and fans that came out to watch me perform,” Whittaker published. “But unfortunately I couldn’t be there. I tried my best to try and swing it. I was fighting the doctors all the way up until they said, ‘You’ve gotta get surgery or you’re gonna lose part of your bowel.’ Or it could be potentially fatal. I had to look at my health first — I’m sorry, guys.”
He was in the headliner fight of UFC 234 in Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Australia. In very last moment he was told that he needed emergency surgery.
