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

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Robert Whittaker remains to be not less than a bit aggravated at how Daniel Cormier dealt with his loss to Khamzat Chimaev.

The consequence was already a troublesome one for “The Reaper,” who was using a critical win streak into his high-profile battle vs. “Borz.” After warding off the grappling assault for a pair minutes, Chimaev discovered his method 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 instant aftermath, it was Cormier who launched the images 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 images on social media and was a bit bothered by the entire thing.

“I used to be tremendous aggravated,” Whittaker defined. “As a result of it’s such a scummy factor to do. The physician took a photograph of my mouth and mentioned, ‘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 type of regarded actually unhealthy, proper? Trigger it was posted far and wide, I used to be getting like condolence messages! Folks thought I used to be useless. I’d’ve favored to regulate the response slightly higher, however it’s what it’s.”

It’s exhausting to hearken to Whittaker’s aspect of the story and never instantly assume HIPAA! After all, we’re discussing an Australian cage fighter and retired shade commentator not a US-based doctor-patient relationship, however the state of affairs nonetheless looks like a violation of Whittaker’s privateness. It’s definitely not a good way to deal with a well-respected and extremely embellished former champion.

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