The Bloody Elbow staff has made its own predictions for UFC 234, also it’s a clean sweep for Robert Whittaker to shield his middleweight title by beating Kelvin Gastelum, while everyone is backing Israel Adesanya over Anderson Silva from the co-main event. To put it differently, congrats to Gastelum and Silva on their wins Saturday.
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Notice: Predictions are entered throughout the week and gathered the day prior to the event. Explanations behind every pick aren’t required and a few writers opt to not do so for their own reasons. For instance, if Phil Mackenzie entered all of his predictions on Wednesday without adding in any excuses he has no idea if he is going to be the only one siding with a single fighter for any given fight.
Robert Whittaker vs. Kelvin Gastelum
Anton Tabuena: Two prior welterweights fighting for the middleweight belt. Will this convince people that intense weight cutting really isn’t worth the trade off in performance? Probably not, but this ought to be an entertaining bout either way at the least. I believe this is going to be closer than that which the odds state, but I think Whittaker is just marginally better just about everywhere, so he must take this. Robert Whittaker by decision.
Mookie Alexander: Gastelum absolutely has an opportunity here. He has powerful hands, insane durability — not Whittaker’s durability is to be scoffed at by any means — and superb cardio. But he’s not likely to be able to take Whittaker down (or at least hold him ), and Whittaker has way more depth to his offensive striking. His leg kicks in particular can slow Gastelum down, and I think he dismisses angles and mixes up his strike selection and goals more efficiently than Kelvin. It’ll 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 unanimous decision.
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