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 everybody is backing Israel Adesanya over Anderson Silva from the co-main occasion. To put it differently, congrats to Gastelum and Silva in their wins on Saturday.
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Notice: Predictions are entered throughout the week and gathered the day prior to the event. Explanations behind each choice are not required and a few authors opt not to do this for their own motives. For instance, if Phil Mackenzie entered all of his predictions on Wednesday without incorporating in any explanations, he has no idea if he is likely to be the only one siding with a single fighter for any given fight.
Robert Whittaker vs. Kelvin Gastelum
Anton Tabuena: 2 prior welterweights fighting for the middleweight belt. Will this convince people that intense weight cutting really isn’t worth the trade off in operation? Probably not, but this should be an entertaining bout either way at least. I believe this is going to be even closer than what the chances state, but I believe Whittaker is just marginally better just about everywhere, so he must take this. Robert Whittaker by choice.
Mookie Alexander: Gastelum has a chance . He has powerful hands, insane strength — maybe not that 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 maintain him there), and Whittaker has far more depth to his offensive striking. His leg kicks in particular can slow Gastelum down, and now I believe he dismisses better angles and mixes up his attack selection and targets more efficiently than Kelvin. It is going to be a close fight through the opening few rounds but Whittaker will come on strong in the following rounds and get the win. Robert Whittaker by unanimous conclusion.

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