‘I felt it click’ admits Khamzat Chimaev after inflicting gruesome injury on Robert Whittaker in brutal win at UFC 308

KHAMZAT CHIMAEV revealed helium felt Robert Whittaker's jaw "click" arsenic helium appeared to interruption his jaw earlier submitting him astatine UFC 308.

Chimaev, 30, and Whittaker, 33, was a highly-anticipated combat and the co-main lawsuit of the nighttime - which ended with Ilia Topuria taking connected Max Holloway.

Yet it turned into a lightning speedy triumph for unbeaten Russian Chimaev arsenic helium clinched the triumph wrong the opening round.

After taking Whittaker down, helium struck him a fig of times earlier getting him successful a chokehold.

Australian Whittaker instantly tapped retired and seemed to instantly clutch his jaw.

UFC commentators reported seconds aft the stoppage that Whittaker was thought to person sustained a dislocated oregon breached jaw.

And Chimaev added to those claims with his post-fight comments.

The present 14-0 prima said: "I felt thing click successful his jaw, I thought it was broken.

"That’s erstwhile I knew it was in."

MMA fans were near astonished by Chimaev's finish, with 1 saying: "HE IS THE REAL DEAL. INCREDIBLE."

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While different added: "Literally crushed Whittaker's jaw. About arsenic awesome of a triumph arsenic it gets..."

A 3rd replied: "His grip spot indispensable beryllium of different magnitude 😳."

And a 4th responded: "We’ve ne'er seen idiosyncratic similar Khamzat."

After his win, Chimaev called for a combat with middleweight champion Dricus du Plessis - who is expected to rematch Sean Strickland aboriginal adjacent year.

Chimaev's triumph implicit Whittaker is the latest successful a enactment of victories implicit the likes of Gilbert Burns, Kevin Holland and Kamaru Usman.