UFC CEO Dana White originally announced Whittaker vs. Chimaev as a title eliminator for June. Whittaker instead knocked out Ikram Aliskerov after Chimaev fell "violently ill" two weeks before the ...

If anyone ever doubted Robert ... fight of his career, Whittaker (26-7) knocked out Ikram Aliskerov (15-2) just 1 minute, 49 seconds into their middleweight main event at UFC Fight Night.