Robert Whittaker desires followers to know you haven’t seen the final of him.
The previous UFC middleweight champion got here out on the fallacious finish of a nasty submission Saturday at UFC 308 as he had his jaw crushed by undefeated contender Khamzat Chimaev. It was simply the second time in Whittaker’s legendary profession that he misplaced by way of tap-out and the primary time since 2011, properly earlier than his UFC stardom.
Afterwards, Whittaker launched a press release on the consequence by way of Instagram.
“It’s a troublesome gig generally however that’s the enterprise,” Whittaker wrote. “Huge congratulations to Khamzat, he was the higher man tonight and that’s all there’s to it. I felt nice, all the things was on level and I used to be prepared.
“My jaw is sweet, however my enamel have been moved in. It’s excuse to repair them correctly now. I’m disenchanted, however I come again higher from each setback and each problem so that is no totally different.”
Whittaker had been working to earn one other shot on the UFC middleweight title and entered Saturday on a two-fight win streak with convincing performances towards Ikram Aliskerov and Paulo Costa. Now, the 33-year-old finds himself going again to the drafting board and needing some severe relaxation time after the loss to Chimaev.
See Whittaker’s unedited feedback beneath:
Thanks everybody for all of the love and help. It’s a troublesome gig generally however that’s the enterprise. Huge congratulations to Khamzat, he was the higher man tonight and that’s all there’s to it. I felt nice, all the things was on level and I used to be prepared. My jaw is sweet, however my enamel have been moved in. It’s excuse to repair them correctly now haha. I’m disenchanted, however I come again higher from each setback and each problem so that is no totally different. I need to thank my staff and everybody who supported me to get right here. Time to go spend time with the household for a bit. Be again quickly
