The Bloody Elbow staff has made its predictions for UFC 234, and it is a clean sweep for Robert Whittaker to shield his middleweight title by beating Kelvin Gastelum, whilst everyone is backing Israel Adesanya over Anderson Silva in the co-main occasion. To put it differently, congrats to Gastelum and Silva in their wins Saturday.
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Notice: Predictions are entered throughout the week and gathered the day before the event. Explanations behind each choice are not required and some authors opt to not do this for their own motives. By way of instance, if Phil Mackenzie entered all his predictions on Wednesday without incorporating in any excuses he has no idea if he’s going to be the only one siding with a single fighter for any given fight.
Robert Whittaker vs. Kelvin Gastelum
Anton Tabuena: Two former welterweights fighting for the middleweight belt. Will this convince individuals that extreme weight reduction really isn’t worth the trade off in operation? Likely not, but this ought to be a fun bout either way at the least. I think this is going to be even closer than what the odds say, but I think Whittaker is just slightly better just about everywhere, so he must take this. Robert Whittaker by decision.
Mookie Alexander: Gastelum absolutely has a chance . He’s got strong hands, insane strength — maybe not that Whittaker’s durability is to be scoffed at by any means — and superb cardio. But he’s not going to be able to shoot Whittaker down (or at least maintain him there), and Whittaker has far more depth to his offensive striking. His leg kicks in particular can slow Gastelum down, and I believe he cuts better angles and mixes up his attack choice and goals more effectively than Kelvin. It is going to be a close battle through the opening couple of rounds but Whittaker will come on strong in the following rounds and get the win. Robert Whittaker by conclusion.
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