The Bloody Elbow staff has made its predictions for UFC 234, also it is a clean sweep for Robert Whittaker to shield his middleweight title by beating Kelvin Gastelum, whilst everybody is backing Israel Adesanya over Anderson Silva in the co-main event. In other words, congrats to Gastelum and Silva in their wins on Saturday.
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Note: Predictions are entered throughout the week and collected the day before the event. Explanations behind every pick aren’t required and a few writers elect not to do this for their own motives. For example, if Phil Mackenzie entered all his predictions on Wednesday without adding in any explanationshe has no idea if he is likely to be the only one siding with one fighter for any given fight.
Robert Whittaker vs. Kelvin Gastelum
Anton Tabuena: Two prior welterweights fighting for the middleweight belt. Will this convince individuals that intense weight cutting actually is not worth the trade off in operation? Probably not, but this should be an entertaining bout either way at least. I believe this is going to be closer than that which the chances say, but I think Whittaker is just marginally better just about everywhere, so he must take this. Robert Whittaker by decision.
Mookie Alexander: Gastelum has a chance . He has strong hands, insane durability — maybe not that Whittaker’s durability is to be scoffed at by any means — and excellent cardio. However, he’s not going to have the ability to shoot Whittaker down (or at least hold him ), and Whittaker has far more depth to his offensive striking. His leg kicks specifically can slow Gastelum down, and now I believe he cuts angles and combines his attack choice and goals more efficiently than Kelvin. It is going to be a close fight through the opening few rounds however Whittaker will come on strong in the following rounds and get the win. Robert Whittaker by conclusion.
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