Bloody Elbow · Apr 24, 2020
Robert Whittaker breaks silence on UFC absence: ‘I was completely burnt out’
Photo by Darrian Traynor/Getty ImagesRobert Whittaker did not donate bone marrow to his sick daughter earlier this year. In fact, his daughter is perfectly fine. It was Whittaker who was suffering — both mentally and physically — after his knockout loss to Israel Adesanya at UFC 243, and ‘The Reaper’ knew he needed to make a change.
Speaking to The Daily Telegraph in a recent interview Whittaker, who withdrew from his middleweight bout with Jared Cannonier at UFC 248, revealed that he had suffered a burnout while climbing up the Wanda dunes on Christmas day and that he came to a sudden realization: His training was making him sick.