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• UFC 234 prelims look to have done big numbers based on lead-in

  10-02-2019 23:00
  The 1.0 metered market overnight average tied for the second best pay-per-view prelim number since 2012 Early indications are that Saturday night’s pay-per-view prelims on ESPN will be among the most-watched in history.
  Between ESPN and ESPN Deportes, the show averaged a 1.0 rating in the overnight ratings of the major metered markets. Since UFC moved off Spike in 2012, the highest metered market rating for pay-per-view prelims was a 1.1 for UFC 205, the November 12, 2016, show from Madis
  
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• UFC 238 announced for June 8 in Chicago

  10-02-2019 22:00
  The UFC is coming back to Chicago.
  During Saturday’s UFC 234 broadcast, officials announced that the Octagon will land in the United Center on June 8 for UFC 238.
  Something about Chicago in June!Chi-town, you ready? #UFC238 pic.twitter.com/FdEfEYim9U— UFC (@ufc) February 10, 2019No bouts were announced for the card.
  This will be the UFC’s seventh event in Chicago. The most recent visit to the city occurred on June 9 of last year, when Robert Whittaker fought Yoel Romero in the
  
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• Dana White Says Israel Adesanya Has ‘It’ Factor: ‘He’s Got a Really Bright Future’

  10-02-2019 22:00 via sherdog.com
  With the original UFC 234 headliner scrapped due to Robert Whittaker’s emergency hernia surgery, Israel Adesanya and Anderson Silva took center stage in Melbourne on Saturday night.
  
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• Middleweights David Branch, Jack Hermansson Booked for UFC on ESPN 2 in Philadelphia

  10-02-2019 21:44 via sherdog.com
  David Branch will square off against Jack Hermansson in a middleweight clash at UFC on ESPN 2.
  
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• UFC 234 Aftermath: Appreciating the twilight of Anderson Silva’s career

  10-02-2019 21:00
  We’re not likely to see any more highlight-reel moments from Anderson Silva. At age 43, we’re probably not going to see any more Bruce Lee-style one-inch punch knockouts, face-kick KOs out of nowhere, or fifth-round Houdini-act submissions out of the man who still holds the longest title reign in UFC history.
  But we should appreciate the twilight of the former middleweight champion and future Hall of Famer’s career all the same.
  Silva, quite simply, still loves what he does. A
  
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• Stephen Thompson: Anthony Pettis called me out because he thinks ‘he’s got my number’

  10-02-2019 20:00
  If you thought the welterweight pairing of Stephen Thompson vs. Anthony Pettis felt a bit odd from the moment it was announced as the main event of UFC Nashville, you’re not alone.
  A two-time title challenger, Thompson has long been one of the top contenders in the UFC’s welterweight division. Pettis, on the other hand, is a former champion who’s spent most of his career at 155 pounds and has never been a particularly big lightweight, having even fought as low as 145 pounds. B
  
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• Dana White Criticizes ‘Bad Stoppage’ in Jim Crute’s Victory Over Sam Alvey at UFC 234

  10-02-2019 19:35 via sherdog.com
  Dana White believes Sam Alvey could have been given a little more time in his technical knockout loss against Jim Crute at UFC 234.
  
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• Montana De La Rosa: I’ll fight a top-five opponent if UFC pays me ‘a little more’

  10-02-2019 19:00
  MELBOURNE, Australia — After her UFC 234 win, Montana De La Rosa discusses the victory over Nadia Kassem, not liking how much she’s getting paid by the UFC, her desire to fight Paige VanZant, flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko and more.
  
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• Dana White says Israel Adesanya has got ‘it’ after UFC 234 performance

  10-02-2019 18:00
  Israel Adesanya wasn’t supposed to be in the main event of UFC 234. But after putting on another strong performance it’s almost certain that his next headlining bout won’t be far off.
  Now 5-0 in the UFC and 16-0 overall, Adesanya has more than backed up the talk that’s made him one of the sport’s most intriguing personalities seemingly overnight. He made his Octagon debut last February with legitimate kickboxing credentials in addition to his MMA accomplishments an
  
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• Dana White: Marc Goddard ‘did a really, really bad job’ officiating Jim Crute vs. Sam Alvey

  10-02-2019 17:00
  There was much commotion at the end of Saturday night’s light heavyweight main-card bout between Jim Crute and Sam Alvey at UFC 234.
  Alvey popped right up off the mat after referee Marc Goddard waved the bout off in the first round, looking no worse for wear, vigorously protesting the ruling of a Crute TKO victory in the first round of the matchup at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne.Not only did UFC president Dana White agree with the notion the fight was waved off too soon, but he also belie
  
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• Israel Adesanya believes he’s No. 1 contender despite Robert Whittaker pulling out of UFC 234

  10-02-2019 16:00
  UFC president Dana White said the UFC 234 fight between Israel Adesanya and Anderson Silva would be a middleweight title eliminator bout. And Adesanya is going to stick with White’s original statement — despite some chaos this weekend.
  Middleweight champion Robert Whittaker pulled out of his scheduled title bout Kelvin Gastelum in the main event of UFC 234 in Melbourne, Australia due to a hernia, which needed emergency surgery. That left Gastelum without his promised title shot and
  
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• Israel Adesanya on Fight with Anderson Silva: ‘It Was Like Being in the Twilight Zone’

  10-02-2019 15:09 via sherdog.com
  It didn’t matter that Israel Adesanya was thrust into the main event of UFC 234 on less than a day’s notice; he thrived under the magnified spotlight and triumphed.
  
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• Anderson Silva ‘Happy’ with UFC 234 Performance, Eyes Rematch with Nick Diaz

  10-02-2019 15:03 via sherdog.com
  It goes without saying that Anderson Silva is one of the greatest fighters in the history of MMA, but time isn’t on his side.
  
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• Anderson Silva discusses potential Nick Diaz, Conor McGregor matches in Curitiba

  10-02-2019 15:00
  Anderson Silva has a homecoming fight in his sights and there are a couple of big names he’d love to welcome to Brazil.
  Though “The Spider” failed to become the first man to beat rising star Israel Adesanya in Saturday’s main event at UFC 234 in Melbourne, Australia, he went three rounds with an opponent 14 years his junior and occasionally showed flashes of the fighter who seemed invincible during his reign as middleweight champion from 2006-2013.
  At the evening’s
  
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• Conor McGregor questions why ‘worm’ Kelvin Gastelum is holding UFC belt

  10-02-2019 14:00
  Conor McGregor knows a thing or two about UFC titles and he wasn’t pleased to see Kelvin Gastelum flaunting one this weekend.
  Gastelum was booked to challenge middleweight champion Robert Whittaker in the main event of UFC 234 on Saturday in Melbourne, Australia, but the bout was canceled and Gastelum removed from the card entirely after Whittaker was forced to withdraw hours before the show started due to a hernia that required immediate surgery.
  While Gastelum had nothing but words of s
  
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• UFC 234 post-fight show

  10-02-2019 11:57
  With UFC 234 in the books, MMA Fighting’s Shaun Al-Shatti and Marc Raimondi break down the top storylines coming out of Saturday night in Melbourne, Australia.
  
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• UFC 234 bonuses: Israel Adesanya vs. Anderson Silva earns Fight of the Night

  10-02-2019 07:48
  Israel Adesanya and Anderson Silva were thrust into the main event role on short notice, and they delivered.
  The duo, originally scheduled for a co-feature bout at UFC 234 on Saturday night, became the headline bout when Robert Whittaker vs. Kelvin Gastelum was scrapped due to Gastelum’s hernia.
  And the went it it for a highly compelling 15 minutes at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, with Silva, the former longtime UFC middleweight champion, holding his own against the fighter anointed as th
  
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• UFC 234 Bonuses: Israel Adesnaya, Anderson Silva Garner ‘Fight of the Night’ Honors

  10-02-2019 07:15 via sherdog.com
  The UFC 234 main event bout between Israel Adesanya and Anderson Silva was more competitive than expected, and for their quality work, the middleweights received “Fight of the Night” honors and $50,000 apiece.
  
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• UFC 234 post-fight press conference video

  10-02-2019 06:56
  The UFC 234 post-fight press conference is the last piece of business to take care of after the action is over in the Octagon, and we have the live video below at MMAFighting.com.
  UFC officials will announce the winners of the Fight of the Night and the Performance of the Night bonuses, and winning fighters will meet the media after their fights.
  The UFC 234 post-fight press conference takes place about 30 minutes after the main event ends, meaning it will start around 12:45 a.m. ET.
  
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• Israel Adesanya vs. Anderson Silva full fight video highlights

  10-02-2019 06:42
  Watch Israel Adesanya vs. Anderson Silva full fight video highlights from UFC 234’s main event above and below, courtesy of UFC.
  UFC 234: Adesanya vs. Silva took place Feb. 9 at the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Australia. Undefeated contender Israel Adesanya (16-0) took on former UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva (34-9, 1 NC) in the night’s last-second main event, which aired live on pay-per-view. Catch the video highlights below.
  That hurt him!We're off and running in round
  
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• UFC 234 in Tweets: Pros react to Israel Adesanya vs. Anderson Silva, more

  10-02-2019 06:40
  The student defeated the master on Sunday afternoon at UFC 234.
  In a captivating and wildly creative contest, Israel Adesanya defeated former UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva via unanimous decision in Melbourne, Australia, emerging victorious from the eleventh hour main event of UFC 234. Check out reaction to Adesanya’s memorable win below, plus the best of the rest from UFC 234’s pay-per-view card.ISRAEL ADESANYA DEF. ANDERSON SILVA
  Aljos about to tweet that he wants matrix
  
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• UFC 234 results: Israel Adesanya wins entertaining scrap with Anderson Silva

  10-02-2019 06:36
  At age 43, Anderson Silva isn’t the same fighter he was when he held the UFC middleweight title for nearly seven years.But he’s still got more than enough left in the tank to put on an entertaining main event bout, and to give the fighter touted as the next version of him plenty to think about on his way to the top.
  Silva’s fight with Israel Adesanya on Saturday night at UFC 234 was bumped up to the main event earlier in the day when the originally scheduled bout between middl
  
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• Dazzling Israel Adesanya Decisions Anderson Silva in Makeshift UFC 234 Main Event

  10-02-2019 06:12 via sherdog.com
  One of the hottest young fighters in the Ultimate Fighting Championship, Israel Adesanya, took on and defeated his idol.
  
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• UFC 234 results: Lando Vannata submits Marcos Mariano in first round

  10-02-2019 05:49
  When Lando Vannata and Marcos Mariano woke up on Sunday morning (Australian time), their UFC 234 lightweight matchup was scheduled as the Fight Pass feature prelim bout.
  Then Robert Whittaker’s middleweight title fight with Kelvin Gastelum was called off, and Vannata-Mariano was bumped up all the way to the co-feature slot of the pay-per-view main card at Melbourne’s Rod Laver Arena.
  But Vannata proved to be the only one ready for the prime-time callup, as he made short work of his
  
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• UFC 234 live blog: Adesanya vs. Silva

  10-02-2019 05:40
  This is the UFC 234 live blog for Israel Adesanya vs. Anderson Silva, a middleweight bout at Saturday’s UFC event at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Australia.
  Adesanya, who is 15-0 with wins in all four of his UFC appearances, faces Silva, the former middleweight champion who is coming off of a unanimous decision win over Derek Brunson, in the main event.
  The previously scheduled main event between UFC middleweight champion Robert Whittaker and Kelvin Gastelum was canceled when Whittaker w
  
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• Coach: Robert Whittaker wanted to postpone emergency surgery, fight Kelvin Gastelum at UFC 234

  10-02-2019 05:28
  Middleweight champion Robert Whittaker was pulled from the UFC 234 main event opposite Kelvin Gastelum on hours’ notice on Saturday, undergoing surgery after dealing with a hernia overnight. Despite the pain, he was willing to go through the fight.
  Whittaker underwent emergency surgery on Sunday morning local time in Melbourne, Australia, after being rushed to the hospital in the early hours of the day. “The Reaper” is still at the hospital in Melbourne, but his jiu-jitsu coac
  
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• UFC 234 Prelims: Devonte Smith Annihilates Dong Hyun Ma Down Under

  10-02-2019 03:55 via sherdog.com
  Devonte Smith has begun to mark out territory in the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s lightweight division.
  
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• Boxing Video: Gervonta Davis Destroys Hugo Ruiz to Retain 130-Pound Title

  10-02-2019 03:53 via sherdog.com
  It wasn’t the matchup the boxing world had been waiting for and it’s doubtful that the original pairing would have ended this way.
  
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• UFC 238 Pay-Per-View Set for Chicago’s United Center on June 8

  10-02-2019 03:51 via sherdog.com
  The Ultimate Fighting Championship is heading back to Chicago in June once again, this time for UFC 238.
  
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• Ex-Champ Brent Primus to Face Tim Wilde at Next Bellator European Series Event on May 4

  10-02-2019 02:44 via sherdog.com
  Former lightweight champion Brent Primus will face Tim Wilde in the main event of the next installment of Bellator MMA’s European Series on May 4.
  
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• Dana White: If Robert Whittaker’s hernia acted up during UFC 234 fight, ‘it could have been fatal’

  10-02-2019 02:42
  According to UFC president Dana White, his middleweight champion may have dodged a bullet.
  Robert Whittaker was set to defend his title against Kelvin Gastelum in the main event of UFC 234 in Melbourne, Australia, but on Saturday he was forced to withdraw from that bout after being diagnosed with a hernia that required immediate surgery.
  On the UFC 234 preliminary card broadcast, White spoke to Megan Olivi about the severity of Whittaker’s condition.
  “He’s in the recovery room
  
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• UFC 234 results: Kyung Ho Kang wins short but wild fight over Teruto Ishihara

  10-02-2019 02:30
  It was as if Kyung Ho Kang and Teruto Ishihara had made a personal pact to make up for the fact the crowd in Melbourne was denied their big main-event fight on Saturday night.
  The bantamweights threw down with reckless abandon in a short and wild bout at UFC 234, letting the fans at Australia’s Rod Laver Arena forget awhile about the canceled Robert Whittaker-Kelvin Gastelum fight.South Korea’s Kang rallied from an early knockdown and went on to submit his Japanese foe via rear-nake
  
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• Patricky Freire Takes Split Verdict Over Ryan Scope in Bellator 'Newcastle' Headliner

  10-02-2019 01:27 via sherdog.com
  Patricky Freire retained his spot atop the lightweight contender’s list in Bellator MMA — but just barely.
  
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• Kelvin Gastelum issues statement on Robert Whittaker withdrawal

  10-02-2019 00:30
  Robbed of the first UFC title opportunity if his career, Kelvin Gastelum is taking the high road.
  Gastelum was scheduled to challenge middleweight champion Robert Whittaker in the main event of UFC 234 on Saturday in Melbourne, Australia, but news broke on fight day that a hernia had forced Whittaker out of the bout.
  That left Gastelum without a fight and shortly after he took to social media to express his regret over the situation and wish Whittaker the best. View this post on InstagramWith m
  
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• UFC 234 'Adesanya vs. Silva' Play-by-Play, Results & Round-by-Round Scoring

  10-02-2019 00:27 via sherdog.com
  Sherdog's live UFC 234 coverage kicks off Saturday at 6:15 p.m. ET.
  
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• Robert Whittaker out of UFC 234 reaction video

  10-02-2019 00:18
  MMA Fighting’s Shaun Al-Shatti and Jed Meshew react to the news that Robert Whittaker has been forced to withdraw from his UFC 234 main event fight on Saturday afternoon after being hospitalized with a hernia overnight.
  
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• 'Torn' Kelvin Gastelum Releases Statement Regarding UFC 234 Main Event Cancellation

  10-02-2019 00:14 via sherdog.com
  Kelvin Gastelum’s middleweight championship dreams will be put on hold after a hernia forced Robert Whittaker to withdraw from their headlining fight at UFC 234.
  
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