R. Whittaker (photo) leaves fight at UFC 234. Photo: Reproduction/Facebook UFC
the return of Anderson Silva it was the most anticipated fight by the Brazilian public at UFC 234, this Saturday (09). However, after bombshell news, the duel between Spider and Israel adesanya it will in fact be the main fight of the show. The rise of the dispute happened because the middleweight champion Robert whittaker suffered a herniated disc crisis and was removed from the show.
Whittaker would make his first middleweight title defense against Kelvin Gastelum, but the champion began to feel severe pain this Saturday morning and was rushed to the hospital
The news was released by ESPN in the USA and confirmed by Dana White, president of the franchise. “Robert whittaker He is undergoing surgery now and has obviously been removed from the card. I wish him well,” said Dana White without further details.
Time change and another Brazilian takes over co-main event
With the fight for the middleweight belt falling apart, UFC 234, which was scheduled to start at 21:30 pm, will begin half an hour later, at 22 pm. Furthermore, another Brazilian moved up the card. Brazilian Marcos Dhalsim Rosa, who would fight on the preliminary card against Lando Vanatta, was promoted to the second most important fight of the attraction.
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