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Robert Whittaker is out of the hospital, but weeks from full activity.

UFC middleweight champion Robert Whittaker made it through the UFC 234 weigh-ins without a hitch, but during the night ahead of his headlining showdown with Kelvin Gastelum, he was struck with abdominal pains that were eventually indicative of a medical emergency.

Daniel Cormier wanted to beat Brock Lesnar, get a massive payday and retire by his 40th birthday. That no longer appears to be happening for the UFC heavyweight champion.

UFC 234 got bit by the worst injury bug possible, losing its headlining fight on the day of the event.

Kelvin Gastelum went full heel after middleweight champ Robert Whittaker was forced out of their title fight at UFC 234.

The matchup between Anderson Silva and Israel Adesanya was billed as a battle of old vs. new, the greatest striker in UFC history taking on the man anointed as The Next One. Somehow, the battle lived up to the billing, as the 43-year-old Silva coupled fight wisdom with flashes of his former self and

A medical condition forced middleweight champion Robert Whittaker to withdraw UFC 234 just hours before he was slated to defend his belt against Kelvin Gastelum.UFC president Dana White revealed the news to ESPN on Saturday after Whittaker pulled out of the fight.Evidently, Whittaker began complaining

(Subscribe to MMAWeekly.com on YouTube)At a time when trash talk is king, Anderson Silva is bucking the trend and only saying good things about UFC 234 opponent Israel Adesanya and UFC middleweight champion Robert Whittaker.TRENDING > Dana White Comments on Nevada Commission Threatening to Penalize

Whittaker, who will defend his belt on Saturday (Sunday in Australia) against Kelvin Gastelum in the main event of UFC 234 at Rod Laver Stadium in Melbourne, isn’t more heralded because he’s not the type to sing his own praises.

The Ultimate Fighting Championship returns to Australia this week with an Aussie champion headlining the card in Melbourne for UFC 234: Whittaker vs. Gastelum.The UFC 234 weigh-in took place on Friday. Breaking from the norm, there were not two separate weigh-in events. With the time difference between