Israel Adesanya became the undisputed middleweight champion of the world on Saturday night as he dismantled Robert Whittaker at UFC 243 in Melbourne. “The Last Stylebender” was his confident, assured self in front of 57,000 fans at Marvel Stadium as he TKO’d Whittaker in the second round to move to 18-0 in his professional career. Whittaker hadn’t fought since June …
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Robert Whittaker has called on the UFC to book his middleweight title unification showdown with Israel Adesanya as a co-main event to Khabib’s return. Earlier today we brought you some clues that would indicate that UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov is preparing to headline a showdown in Abu Dhabi in September. It would make sense, given the extremely high level …
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UFC middleweight champion Robert Whittaker doesn’t seem to have been overly impressed by the performance of Israel Adesanya in his victory over Kelvin Gastelum in Atlanta on Saturday. The Last Stylebender defeated Gastelum in UFC 236’s co-main event as he clinched the interim 185lb belt in a five round war. With Adesanya securing the interim strap it now looks as …
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Chael Sonnen has given his take on the superstar status of Israel Adesanya post-UFC 236, predicting that his next fight will break every live-gate record in the book. It seems like an outlandish claim to make so soon after Adesanya’s interim-title-winning performance over the weekend but despite the sensational manner in which he phrased his claim, Chael certainly comes through …
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UFC 236’s co-main event will see the first of two interim titles on the line as Kelvin Gastelum and Israel Adesanya face off in Atlanta, Georgia. In the top attraction of the evening, Max Holloway will make his debut at 155lbs, stepping up to take on streaking contender Dustin Poirier in a fight that should establish one of them as …
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Israel Adesanya was drafted into the camp of the now-retired light-heavyweight contender Anthony Johnson back in 2015 as he prepared to fight Jon Jones. Of course, the fight never place due to the now-infamous incident involving Jones’ hit-and-run on April 28 – something that caused him to be stripped of his 205lb title. Johnson would go on to challenge for …
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UFC middleweight champion Robert Whittaker released a statement after being forced to pull out of his UFC 234 headlining showdown against Kelvin Gastelum. It’s hard not to feel for the champ after being deprived of another PPV headlining slot in his home-country, it really is. We’ve seen fighters withdraw from bouts after instances of carelessness inside the gym or beyond …
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UFC 234 is finally upon us and in the night’s main-event, the UFC middleweight title will be on the line as Robert Whittaker takes on Kelvin Gastelum. It’s a middleweight title tilt worth writing home about as the champion Robert Whittaker looks to add the scalp of Kelvin Gastelum to his increasingly long list of conquests. This is an extremely …
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ESPN has reported that the middleweight title showdown between champion Robert Whittaker and Kelvin Gastelum is set for UFC 234 in Australia next year. The pair have been competing against each other on the most recent edition of The Ultimate Fighter but with that series’ conclusion, the attention will turn to the 185lb championship bout that will end the show’s run. ESPN reported …
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The UFC middleweight champion will defend his title against Kelvin Gastelum after spending six weeks filming the next season of The Ultimate Fighter alongside him. Robert Whittaker might just have claimed iconic status within the UFC’s middleweight division following his pair of scintillating victories over Yoel Romero. Two contrasting styles met over ten rounds to decide the title of 185lb champion and …
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Yoel Romero’s manager Malki Kawa spoke to Ariel Helwani in a recent interview and confirmed that his fighter will move to 205lbs for his next fight. Yoel Romero has quietly established himself over the last year or so as one of the most popular fighters on the UFC’s modern roster. He really has been a slow-burn over the years but …
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The estimated numbers for UFC 225 are in and all things considered, the cards performance in relation to the others this year won’t blow anyone’s mind. A lot of questions over the drawing power of a post-Mickey Gall CM Punk were answered today as MMAFighting reported that the PPV buys for the show came in at a surprisingly low 250k. None of …
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The former UFC light-heavyweight title challenger Alexander Gustafsson has called for a shot at the Cuban former-Olympian Yoel Romero. Following Dana White’s revelation that he would like to see Yoel Romero fighting at light-heavyweight in the near future, fans have been reeling at the prospect of seeing the former title-challenger in matchups against some of the division’s very best. Romero, …
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In this edition of Pundit Arena’s Fighter of the Week, we celebrate the genetic specimen that is Yoel Romero despite his loss at UFC 225 last weekend. You know you’ve put in a good shift when your status elevates to a higher level in spite of a loss. Yoel Romero was never exactly out of the spotlight at middleweight since …
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UFC middleweight Yoel Romero’s management has claimed that they are planning on filing a lawsuit against the Illinois State Athletic Commission. UFC 225’s main-event pairing of Robert Whittaker and Yoel Romero was about as good a fight as we’ve seen all year where both men displayed a near-inhuman ability to absorb damage over the course of the five rounds. It …
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Relive UFC 225 in a particularly brutal edition of Fight Motion, featuring Rafael dos Anjos, Colby Covington, Robert Whittaker and Yoel Romero. UFC 225 is fading further into memory but today, the UFC uploaded the latest in their Fight Motion series to their official YouTube channel and after the brutal events of last weekend’s fight-card, it’s an especially fun entry. Of course, …
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UFC 225 was a pretty memorable show by all accounts so here are seven things we learned when all was said and done on the night. Robert Whittaker is about as close to indestructible as you can get What’s it going to take to get Robert Whittaker out of there? Beating Yoel Romero the first time around on one leg, …
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Twitter’s MMA community reacts after Robert Whittaker and Yoel Romero served up a Fight of the Year contender at last night’s UFC 225. It doesn’t get much better than this. Last night’s UFC 225 was a pretty memorable event for a plethora of reasons. We saw huge wins for the likes of Curtis Blaydes, Tai Tuivasa and Holly Holm and …
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