Whittaker out of UFC 248 due to ‘undisclosed personal reasons’

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Robert Whittaker won’t be making his scheduled return at UFC 248. According to multiple reports, the former UFC middleweight champion pulled out of his fight against Jared Cannonier due “undisclosed personal reasons.”

ESPN’s Ariel Helwani first reported the news, which was later confirmed by MMA Fighting.


View: https://twitter.com/arielhelwani/status/1217557133337616384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw


In a statement he released to ESPN, “The Reaper” sent out his…


Report: Robert Whittaker out of UFC 248 due to ‘undisclosed personal reasons’
 

Rambo John J

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sometimes personal reasons means testing stuff as we have seen
but who knows

Hope he gets it all figured out
He is one of the baddest fighters out there
 

Thuglife13

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Reminds me of when Megan Anderson pulled out due to "Personal Issues" when she was set to get her brakes beat the fuck off by Cyborg...
 

Rambo John J

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Hearing that Robert is donating Bone Marrow to his sister or daughter

Hope it goes well
Story should be out soon
 

Rambo John J

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To be fair that reason has been used numerous times. Usada has been suspect so that will always be an option.

"Sometimes" is the key word in my post

Sadly it is not what I suggested and is something more difficult to resolve...I hope it works out.

PS You left out most of my post to take a sentence out of context as you tend to do at times.
 
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Just seen a discussion on instagram claiming Bobby's dad is denying the story