UFC champion Robert Whittaker abandons title defence after life-threatening injury

  • ‘Freak’ abdominal injury forces middleweight out
  • ‘His bowel and his intestines poked through a hole’

Luckless Australian UFC champion Robert Whittaker is shattered after being forced to abandon his middleweight title defence due to a “freak” abdominal injury which could have proved fatal in a bout.

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from The Guardian http://bit.ly/2I3mAXY
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