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• Pros react to to Robert Whittaker’s UFC 234 fight-day fallout

  09-02-2019 23:37 via mmafighting.com
  The UFC had its first major fight-day fallout of 2019 with UFC 234 on Saturday.
  A hernia forced middleweight champion Robert Whittaker out of his main event title defense against Kelvin Gastelum in Melbourne, Australia. Reaction was swift around the MMA world about the change in the show, which will now be headlined by Israel Adesanya vs. Anderson Silva.With much sorrow I write that my fight for the middleweight title is off.I’m sorry to everyone that was expecting this great fight, Famil
  
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• UFC 234 start time, TV schedule for Israel Adesanya vs. Anderson Silva

  09-02-2019 23:03 via mmafighting.com
  The UFC 234 start time, TV schedule for the Israel Adesanya vs. Anderson Silva fight card at the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Australia, on Saturday night. The fight card is broken into three different parts and airing on three different mediums. This post will help explain which fights are airing where and at which times.
  Main card (PPV at 10 p.m. ET)
  Anderson Silva vs. Israel Adesanya
  Lando Vannata vs. Marcos Mariano
  Rani Yahya vs. Ricky Simon
  Montana De La Rosa vs. Nadia Kassem
  Jim Crute vs
  
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• UFC 234 live stream online

  09-02-2019 23:00 via mmafighting.com
  Watch UFC 234 live stream online on MMA Fighting for the pay-per-view card at 10 p.m. ET on Feb. 9.
  The fight card for this portion is as follows:
  Anderson Silva vs. Israel Adesanya
  Lando Vannata vs. Marcos Mariano
  Rani Yahya vs. Ricky Simon
  Montana De La Rosa vs. Nadia Kassem
  Jim Crute vs. Sam Alvey
  An injury has forced UFC middleweight champion Robert Whittaker out of his previously scheduled title defense bout against Kelvin Gastelum in the UFC 234 main event. Former UFC champion Anderson Si
  
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• UFC 234 Results: Adesanya vs. Silva

  09-02-2019 22:58 via mmafighting.com
  MMA Fighting has UFC 234 results for the Adesanya vs. Silva fight card at the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Australia, live blogs of the top fights, and live UFC 234 Twitter updates.
  The scheduled middleweight title main event between champion Robert Whittaker and challenger Kelvin Gastelum has been canceled in the wake of Whittaker being forced out due to injury.
  In the new main event, former UFC champion Anderson Silva, who has one win in the past six years, will face Israel Adesanya, who is
  
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• Hernia Forces Robert Whittaker Out of Title Defense vs. Kelvin Gastelum at UFC 234

  09-02-2019 21:40 via sherdog.com
  Robert Whittaker has been forced out of his middleweight title defense against Kelvin Gastelum at UFC 234 to undergo surgery for a hernia in his abdomen.
  
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• Robert Whittaker out of UFC 234 main event

  09-02-2019 21:18 via mmafighting.com
  Robert Whittaker will not be defending his title on Saturday.
  The middleweight champion was scheduled to defend his title against challenger Kelvin Gastelum in the main event of UFC 234 at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Australia, but MMA Fighting has confirmed that Whittaker has been forced to withdraw due to an injury. Per ESPN, Whittaker was diagnosed with a hernia.
  This was to be Whittaker’s first official defense of the middleweight title after a scheduled championship bout opposite Y
  
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• Bellator Newcastle results: Pitbull vs. Scope

  09-02-2019 21:09 via mmafighting.com
  MMA Fighting has the Bellator Newcastle results for the Pitbull vs. Scope event February 9 from the Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle.
  Bellator Newcastle marks the first event of the promotion’s European Series.In the main event, Newcastle native Ryan Scope takes on the biggest challenge of his career when he takes on Patricky Freire. The lightweight bout also marks Scope’s promotional debut.In the co-main event, another hometown hero and former reality television star Aaron Chalmers tak
  
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• Ricky Simon sees Rani Yahya fight as ‘perfect opportunity’ to show that he’s ‘elite’

  09-02-2019 21:00 via mmafighting.com
  Ricky Simon knows an opportunity when he sees one.
  Nothing has been smooth for the 26-year-old since his first brush with the UFC back in August 2017. Simon was given a shot to earn a UFC contract on Dana White’s Tuesday Night Contender Series, but his split decision win over Donavon Frelow wasn’t enough to convince the boss to offer him a deal, so he ended up taking a couple of fights on the regional scene and capturing the Legacy Fighting Alliance bantamweight title before getting
  
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• Patricky Freire wouldn’t mind seeing ‘Pitbull’ brother jump the line to face Michael Chandler

  09-02-2019 20:00 via mmafighting.com
  Bellator champions Patricio Freire and Michael Chandler have been trading shots on social media — one more time — over the past few days and are in favor of a possible superfight. If that really happens, it would bring mixed feelings for another member of Freire’s team.
  Patricky Freire, older brother of the featherweight champion, is climbing the lightweight rankings for another crack at the Bellator gold. If his brother really moves up to 155 pounds to challenge Chandler for
  
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• Leon Edwards expects brother Fabian to make short work of Lee Chadwick at Bellator Newcastle

  09-02-2019 19:00 via mmafighting.com
  A lot of people have noted the experience disparity between top-rated British prospect, Fabian Edwards (5-0-0) and former Cage Warriors middleweight champion, Lee Chadwick (24-13-1), ahead of their Bellator clash in Newcastle on Feb. 9.While some people pondered whether “The Assassin” has bitten off more than he can chew by accepting a fight with Chadwick, Edwards’ brother, No. 10 ranked UFC welterweight Leon Edwards, expects it to be a quick night’s work for his 25-year
  
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• Rani Yahya celebrates ‘finally’ having a bigger platform at UFC 234

  09-02-2019 18:30 via mmafighting.com
  Rani Yahya has racked up impressive numbers at bantamweight, losing only one of eight bouts in the division since 2014, but he has missed a push from the promotion. At UFC 234, Yahya thinks his time has finally come.
  One of the most decorated grapplers to ever enter the Octagon, Yahya earned a spot on a pay-per-view main card for the first time in his career after three straight submissions. Taking on prospect Ricky Simon on Saturday night event in Melbourne, Australia, Yahya vows to rise to th
  
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• Fightweets: What does UFC 234 mean for Anderson Silva’s legacy?

  09-02-2019 18:00 via mmafighting.com
  Jose Aldo is hot again and Anderson Silva’s in the most-talked-about fight on an upcoming pay-per-view card. So let’s party like it’s 2012 and get right into another edition of Fightweets.What does Israel Adesanya fight mean for “The Spider”?
  @RuckerYeah: What does UFC 234 mean for Anderson Silva’s legacy?
  For Silva’s legacy? I mean, I think by this stage of the game, Silva’s legacy is just about set in stone: The longest-reigning champion in UFC
  
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• UFC 234 main event breakdown: Robert Whittaker vs. Kelvin Gastelum

  09-02-2019 17:00 via mmafighting.com
  It seems fitting that as Robert Whittaker approaches his latest title defense, he is overshadowed by a bigger personality on the card, even while in the country he calls home. Fellow middleweight Israel Adesanya is a megawatt character with flashy talent, and many are closely tracking his ascension. Meanwhile, Whittaker goes quietly about his business as being the best 185-pounder in the world. At least for now.After two consecutive victories over Yoel Romero, Whittaker shifts to a new opponent
  
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• Israel Adesanya: It will be an ‘honor’ to take Anderson Silva ‘out the game’

  09-02-2019 16:00 via mmafighting.com
  Israel Adesanya has made it clear he has nothing but the greatest respect for Anderson Silva’s career. And that’s why he’s looking forward to being part of its twilight.
  In a battle between the middleweight division’s future and its most celebrated champion, Adesanya will face Silva in the co-main of UFC 234 on Saturday at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Australia. After making an impressive debut at UFC 221 just 12 months ago, many pundits predicted that “The Last S
  
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• UFC 234 start time, TV schedule for Robert Whittaker vs. Kelvin Gastelum

  09-02-2019 15:00 via mmafighting.com
  The UFC 234 start time, TV schedule for the Kelvin Gastelum vs. Robert Whittaker fight card at the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Australia, on Saturday night. The fight card is broken into three different parts and airing on three different mediums. This post will help explain which fights are airing where and at which times.
  Main card (PPV at 10 p.m. ET)
  Robert Whittaker vs. Kelvin Gastelum
  Anderson Silva vs. Israel Adesanya
  Rani Yahya vs. Ricky Simon
  Montana De La Rosa vs. Nadia Kassem
  Jim Cr
  
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• UFC 234 predictions

  09-02-2019 14:00 via mmafighting.com
  As far as name value goes, UFC 234 might be a two-fight show, but what a couple of headlining fights they are.
  Middleweight champion Robert Whittaker competes in his Australian stomping grounds on Saturday when he goes for his first official title defense against Kelvin Gastelum in the main event of UFC 234. When we last saw Whittaker, he was surviving five more rounds against Yoel Romero (who missed weight, rendering their rematch a non-title affair). Now he once again faces an elite wrestler
  
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• Aaron Chalmers unsure Corey Browning will honor ‘stand and bang’ agreement

  09-02-2019 13:00 via mmafighting.com
  Aaron Chalmers has seemed cooler than the other side of the pillow in the lead-up to the biggest test of his MMA career.
  The former Geordie Shore cast member makes his lightweight debut against Corey Browning this Saturday night at Bellator Newcastle, but his mood took a abrupt turn when he heard what his opponent had to say about him in a recent interview on MMA Fighting’s Eurobash podcast.
  Browning, who shot to fame on the back of a second-round stoppage of Kevin Ferguson Jr. — a.
  
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• Donald Cerrone says he’s fighting Conor McGregor this summer, predicts knockout

  09-02-2019 06:30 via mmafighting.com
  The summer of Cowboy? It just might be.
  Donald Cerrone said during a fan Q&A this weekend at UFC 234 weigh-ins in Melbourne, Australia that he’s fighting Conor McGregor this summer. On Instagram later, “Cowboy” wrote that the bout will be for the interim lightweight title. View this post on InstagramGood News @thenotoriousmma looks like we get to fight for 155 Interim Title vs @properwhiskey vs @budweiser A post shared byDonald Cerrone (@cowboycerrone) on Feb 8, 2019 at 5:
  
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• UFC 234 Results: Whittaker vs. Gastelum

  09-02-2019 06:00 via mmafighting.com
  MMA Fighting has UFC 234 results for the Whittaker vs. Gastelum fight card at the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Australia, live blogs of the top fights, and live UFC 234 Twitter updates.
  In the main event, UFC middleweight champion Robert Whittaker will defend his title against Kelvin Gastelum. Former UFC champion Anderson Silva, who has one win in the past six years, will face Israel Adesanya, who is 15-0 in his MMA career, in the co-main event.
  Follow UFC 234 results below.
  Main card (PPV at
  
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• UFC 234 preview show

  09-02-2019 05:19 via mmafighting.com
  With UFC 234 hours away, MMA Fighting’s Luke Thomas and Chuck Mindenhall break down the top storylines.
  
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• UFC 234 weigh-in photos

  09-02-2019 03:04 via mmafighting.com
  UFC 234 weigh-in photos are for Friday’s UFC event in Melbourne, Australia.
  
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• Coach explains Anderson Silva’s emotional interview at UFC 234 weigh-ins

  09-02-2019 02:28 via mmafighting.com
  Two years later, “The Spider” will finally enter the Octagon again.
  Anderson Silva has been through a lot since his last UFC fight, a decision win over Derek Brunson in February 2016. In the co-main event of UFC 234, scheduled Saturday night in Melbourne, the former middleweight champion meets rising sensation Israel Adesanya for a possible shot at the belt he held for years.
  Silva and Adesanya squared off following the official weigh-in in front of thousands of fans on Friday, and
  
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• Michel Prazeres now meets Ismail Naurdiev at UFC Prague

  09-02-2019 00:00 via mmafighting.com
  Michel Prazeres has a new opponent for UFC’s first Fight Night event in Czech Republic.
  With Ramazan Emeev sidelined due to an undisclosed injury, “Trator” will now welcome Octagon newcomer Ismail Naurdiev to the UFC at Prague’s O2 Arena on Feb. 23, multiple sources told MMA Fighting. MMA Brasil first reported the match-up.
  Naurdiev (17-2), a 22-year-old welterweight from Grozny, Russia, signed with the promotion after winning 13 of his last 14 fights, finishing every si
  
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