Whittaker: "If Chimaev had come out instead of Aliskerov, I would have knocked him out as well"

Recall, Chimaev withdrew from the fight due to health problems. He was replaced by Ikram Aliskerov and lost by knockout in the first round.

"I was very well prepared. I'm 99% sure I would have knocked Hazmat out as well. One day our paths might cross at middleweight, that's the way our business works. But Chimaev dodged a bullet this time, that's for sure," Whittaker said on The MMA Hour show.