Middleweight champion Whittaker sorry for fans

Emergency surgery scraps Aussie’s bout in home country

UFC middleweight champ Robert Whittaker hoped to spend Sunday celebrating a successful title defense in his home country as he was set to headline UFC 234 in Melbourne, Australia.

Then the pain began in his abdomen, and his night ended in emergency surgery after being forced to

Erik Verduzco Las Vegas Review-journal @Erik_verduzco Middleweight Robert Whittaker, being announced as the winner of a 2017 bout vs. Yoel Romero, had to pull out of UFC 234 because of emergency surgery.