UFC 234 RESULTS
Almost everything about UFC 234 was disappointing. The one exception was the amazing show of respect between Israel Adesanya and Anderson Silvaafter the former took a unanimous-decision victory in the makeshift main event in Melbourne, Australia.
Hours before the event started, UFC middleweight champion Robert Whittaker had to pull out of his title defense against Kelvin Gastelum. That elevated Adesanya-Silva to the main event spot, which wouldn't have been too bad if the card had other strong bouts.
Unfortunately, that wasn't the case. This was one of the weaker lineups of fights you'll ever see for a pay-per-view. Evidence of the event's frailty is in seeing the Lando Vannata-Marcos Mariano bout elevated to co-main event.
In any case, Adesanya tussled in a main event that featured almost as much posing and posturing as it did action. There was tons of showmanship and respect, which is admirable, but it was like watching too friends fight and it's clear neither man wants to truly hurt the other one.
I'm not Silva could have if he even wanted to. While he looked good considering he's 43 and will turn 44 in April, but he still looked 40-something. Adesanya didn't have much to gain from a status standpoint. He was promised a title shot if he won, and he did by outstriking Silva 65-31, but if we're being totally truthful, Adesanya didn't look great.
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