A little over a week ahead of Luke Rockhold and Yoel Romero’s UFC 221 interim middleweight title fight, the UFC’s undisputed middleweight champion Robert Whittaker has shared a very positive update.<\/p>\n
Whittaker was originally expected to defend his title against Rockhold in the main event of UFC 221, but was forced out of the fight with an undisclosed health issue. UFC President Dana White later shared a grim update on Whittaker’s condition, eluding to an out of control staph infection.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe had staph infection in his stomach, and from what I understand it wasn\u2019t treated properly, and it started to eat away parts of his organs,\u201d White told TSN<\/a>. \u201cHe\u2019s in serious condition. So it\u2019s going to be a minute before he\u2019s back, I think. Hopefully it turns around quick, but that stuff is life-threatening, if not treated the right way.\u201d<\/p>\n Luckily, it seems as though Whittaker is on the mend.<\/p>\n\n