UFC 234: Whittaker vs. Gastelum

**danharr** · 2/09/2019 1:21pm,

Watched these two come up the ranks nice to see them headline. Wow fights across 3 platforms brings back the memories here's the line up.

Main Card
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Middleweight	Robert Whittaker (c)	vs.	Kelvin Gastelum				^[a]
Middleweight	Israel Adesanya	vs.	Anderson Silva
Bantamweight	Rani Yahya	vs.	Ricky Simón
Women's Flyweight	Montana De La Rosa	vs.	Nadia Kassem
Light Heavyweight	Jim Crute	vs.	Sam Alvey
Preliminary Card (ESPN)
Lightweight	Devonte Smith	vs.	Dong Hyun Ma
Featherweight	Shane Young	vs.	Austin Arnett
Flyweight	Kai Kara-France	vs.	Raulian Paiva
Bantamweight	Teruto Ishihara	vs.	Kyung Ho Kang
Early Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass)
Lightweight	Lando Vannata	vs.	Marcos Rosa Mariano
Lightweight	Callan Potter	vs.	Jalin Turner
Bantamweight	Wuliji Buren	vs.	Jonathan Martinez

**Ulsteryank** · 2/10/2019 6:13am,

Thought it was cool Chael and Cowboy offered to step in at last minute. Since Bellator allows for TRT and Anderson wants the UFC yo allow it that'd be some drama afterwards regardless. Did Whittaker have a hernia all along?

It's cool having Stylebender around, but don't like how a lot of people thought he'd just run through Silva. I'm pretty impressed to see a striker his age perform so well out of his prime. I know the fans wouldn't have had it, but I'm curious to know what would have happened between those two on the ground as complete fighters actually testing actual MMA skill vs athleticism.

**Kravbizarre** · 2/10/2019 7:17pm,

Originally Posted by Ulsteryank

Thought it was cool Chael and Cowboy offered to step in at last minute. Since Bellator allows for TRT and Anderson wants the UFC yo allow it that'd be some drama afterwards regardless. Did Whittaker have a hernia all along?

It's cool having Stylebender around, but don't like how a lot of people thought he'd just run through Silva. I'm pretty impressed to see a striker his age perform so well out of his prime. I know the fans wouldn't have had it, but I'm curious to know what would have happened between those two on the ground as complete fighters actually testing actual MMA skill vs athleticism.

the facebook comments on this fight made my head hurt. Idiots claiming adesanya was holding back cos silva is his idol and they werent going all out. Adesanya is going to have a wake up call if he goes up against a proffcient grappler. Hes a great striker but he hasnt really been tested on the ground.

**ghost55** · 2/11/2019 11:02am,

Originally Posted by Kravbizarre

the facebook comments on this fight made my head hurt. Idiots claiming adesanya was holding back cos silva is his idol and they werent going all out. Adesanya is going to have a wake up call if he goes up against a proffcient grappler. Hes a great striker but he hasnt really been tested on the ground.

The Brunson fight showed some excellent TDD.

**Kravbizarre** · 2/11/2019 4:14pm,

Originally Posted by ghost55

The Brunson fight showed some excellent TDD.

Thats because brunson telegraphs heaps. The problem isnt that he cones out in bursts, because romero does also but its he does it from too far away.

**danharr** · 2/12/2019 11:56pm,

For those who missed the event

https://mmaversus.com/category/fight-videos-2/

Smiling Sam with the TKO sorry pal if you're not intelligently defending yourself fight is over. Adesanya fought a smart fight against a dangerous veteran people are morons.