UFC middleweight champion Robert Whittaker released an update from his hospital bed following his emergency surgery for a hernia over the weekend.
Whittaker was forced to withdraw from his title defense against Kelvin Gastelum at UFC 234 to undergo surgery for a “collapsed bowel and internal hernia” that could have been fatal had he stepped into the Octagon in Melbourne on Saturday night. As a result of his exit, a middleweight clash between Israel Adesanya and Anderson Silva was elevated to the evening’s main event. Adesanya won a unanimous decision over “The Spider.