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Robert Whittaker’s teeth were brutally shattered in his last UFC fight. And with ‘The Reaper’ set to return to the same venue as his crushing defeat to Khamzat Chimaev last time
"We would have crossed that bridge when we got there," Robert Whittaker smirked when asked whether he had contingencies in place in case things didn’t exactly go according to plan with Israel Adesanya.
‘The Reaper’ will be back at Etihad Arena on July 26, the scene of Whittaker’s crushing loss to Khamzat Chimaev at UFC 308. ‘The Reaper’ marked the latest fighter to attempt to blemish Chimaev’s perfect record, but a brutal face crank quickly ruined those plans – and the Australian’s front teeth.
Robert Whittaker and Reinier de Ridder compete in a pivotal middleweight clash weeks before Dricus du Plessis and Khamzat Chimaev fight for the middleweight title. In the aftermath of UFC 318, the mixed martial arts promotion heads to Abu Dhabi.