In a highly anticipated main event fight between Israel Adesanya and Robert Whittaker, the reigning champion defeated the former champion via unanimous decision. It was a good back and forth fight, but the champion didn’t have a very hard time.
Both men look tentative early, but Adesanya stayed true to his game and relied heavily on his striking and repulsed many of Robert Whittaker’s takedowns. While the Aussie did get takedowns, he couldn’t convert those into anything meaningful. He managed to execute four takedowns out of nine attempted. Adesanya was marching Whittaker down and finding his shots although they weren’t anything huge, the shots were landing consistently.
Main Card: Adesanya vs Whittaker
Israel Adesanya vs. Robert Whittaker
Tai Tuivasa def. Derrick Lewis via second-round KO (1:40)
Jared Cannonier def. Derek Brunson via second-round TKO (4:29)
Renato Moicano def. Alexander Hernandez via sub (RNC) (R2, 1:23)
Bobby Green def. Nasrat Haqparast via unanimous decision (30-27 x3)
Preliminary Card
Andrei Arlovski def. Jared Vanderaa via split decision (29-28 x2, 28-29)
Casey O’Neill def. Roxanne Modafferi via split decision (29-28 x2, 28-29)
Kyler Phillips def. Marcelo Rojo via sub (triangle armbar) (R3, 1:48)
Carlos Ulberg def. Fabio Cherant via unanimous decision (30-27 x3)
Ronnie Lawrence def. Mana Martinez via unanimous decision (29-27 x2, 29-28)
Jacob Malkoun def. AJ Dobson via unanimous decision (29-28 x3)
Douglas Silva de Andrade def. Sergey Morozov via sub (RNC) (R2, 3:24)
Jeremiah Wells def. Blood Diamond via sub (RNC) (R1, 4:38)
Maxim Grishin def. William Knight via unanimous decision (30-27 x3)
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