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Adrian Warren

SHOCKING: Light heavyweight bobby triumphs in division debut - You Need To See This

Robert Whittaker stepped up to light heavyweight and won at UFC 329 in Las Vegas. (Michael Dodge/AAP PHOTOS)

Australia's former UFC middleweight champion Robert Whittaker has made a stunning start to his light heavyweight career, showing the world he has "still got it" with a third-round stoppage of 12th ranked Nikita Krylov at UFC 329 in Las Vegas.

Sydneysider Whittaker's famed fast hands proved too hot for the Russian, who turned away and forced the referee to stop the fight one minute into the third round after appearing to suffer damage to his jaw from a right hand punch.

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