Robert Whittaker blasts ‘scummy’ Daniel Cormier for leaking medical photos – ‘People thought I was dead!’

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Robert Whittaker remains to be at the very least a bit irritated at how Daniel Cormier dealt with his loss to Khamzat Chimaev.

The outcome was already a tricky one for “The Reaper,” who was using a severe win streak into his high-profile battle vs. “Borz.” After warding off the grappling assault for a pair minutes, Chimaev discovered his solution to the again and immediately tapped Whittaker with a face crank. The fast submission was quickly defined: Whittaker’s backside row of tooth had imploded, as a result of each Khamzat’s spectacular squeeze and a few former jaw accidents.

Within the rapid aftermath, it was Cormier who launched the photographs of Whittaker’s bloody mouth on-line. In an interview with Ariel Helwani, Whittaker revealed he by no means gave Cormier — or anybody else — permission to share these photographs on social media and was a bit bothered by the entire thing.

“I used to be tremendous irritated,” Whittaker defined. “As a result of it’s such a scummy factor to do. The physician took a photograph of my mouth and stated, ‘I’m simply going to go present Dana in order that he is aware of what’s up, Dana and Hunter [Campbell].’ Cool, try this. After which DC took a photograph off the opposite man’s telephone to publish throughout socials. Is that not scummy?”

He continued, “I don’t care that a lot … most individuals would say it form of regarded actually dangerous, proper? Trigger it was posted in all places, I used to be getting like condolence messages! Individuals thought I used to be useless. I might’ve appreciated to regulate the response a little bit higher, however it’s what it’s.”

It’s laborious to hearken to Whittaker’s aspect of the story and never instantly suppose HIPAA! In fact, we’re discussing an Australian cage fighter and retired coloration commentator not a US-based doctor-patient relationship, however the scenario nonetheless seems like a violation of Whittaker’s privateness. It’s actually not an effective way to deal with a well-respected and extremely embellished former champion.

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