Meanwhile, Whittaker has competed six times during that same run, going 4-2 in the process. Originally, ‘The Reaper’ was set to fight Chimaev at UFC Saudi Arabia in June, but ‘Borz’ bowed out of the bout with less than two weeks to go until fight night. Instead, Whittaker went on to score a first-round knockout against Ikram Aliskerov.

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Ahead of his UFC 308 title bout against Ilia Topuria, Max Holloway is advocating for fighters to take their brain health seriously.