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The former middleweight champ is set to face Kelvin Gastelum at UFC Fight Night on Saturday in Las Vegas. This fight was supposed to happen in February 2019 when Whittaker still held the belt but it fell through the day of the event when Whittaker was hospitalized and needed emergency surgery.
Whittaker (23-5) versus Gastelum (17-6) is a stellar matchup at 185 pounds, and the sport is happy to see it but it s worth noting that Whittaker deserves more.
He s won 11 of his last 12 fights in the UFC, including back-to-back five-round title fights against Yoel Romero. His lone stumble was against Israel Adesanya, who is still the champ, in October 2019. Since that loss, he s decisively beaten Darren Till and Jared Cannonier, both of whom might have earned a title shot had they beaten him.
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