UFC Vegas 24 post-fight bonuses: Whittaker dominates Gastelum
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The APEX Center in Las Vegas, Nevada was home to a great night of fights at UFC Vegas 24: Whittaker vs. Gastelum. The card saw one (T)KO, one submission, and eight decisions, including four split-decisions, one of which was a technical split.
The prelims opened with a bang when Tony Gravely scored the second-round TKO of Anthony Birchak. Austin Hubbard would snag a unanimous decision over Dakota Bush in a lackluster performance, but Gerald Meerschaert would remedy that when he secured a quick guillotine choke of Bartosz Fabinski. Jessica Penne upset the odds when she beat “Loopy” Godinez via split-decision, the first of four-in-a-row on this card. Alexandr Romanov was the second to win via split-decision against Juan Espino to close out the undercard.
Whittaker had some choice words for the UFC middleweight champion.
Robert Whittaker took a highly-anticipated UFC Fight Night main event matchup against Kelvin Gastelum and made it his very own showcase.
Whittaker thoroughly dominated Gastelum in an all-around effort to score a unanimous decision shutout Saturday night. All three judges scored it 50-45 in favor of Whittaker at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. DAZN News had it 50-45 for Whittaker as well.
Fresh off the dominating victory, Whittaker flashed an ear-to-ear grin when the talk of a possible rematch with middleweight champion Israel Adesanya was broached. I think it s about time we crossed paths once again, said Whittaker, who suffered a second-round KO loss to Adesanya in November 2019, having bounced back to win three straight fights since. I m going to work hard. I think I have some tricks he hasn t seen yet and I ll give him a good run.
#1 Robert Whittaker (185.5 lbs.) vs. #8 Kelvin Gastelum (185 lbs.)
Andrei Arlovski (250.5 lbs.) vs. Chase Sherman (251 lbs.)
Abdul Razak Alhassan (185.5 lbs.) vs. Jacob Malkoun (185.5 lbs.)
Tracy Cortez (126.5 lbs.) vs. Justine Kish (125.5 lbs.)
Alexander Munoz (155.5 lbs.) vs. Luis Pena (155 lbs.)
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Juan Espino (257 lbs.) vs. Alexandr Romanov (264 lbs.)
Lupita Godinez (116 lbs.) vs. Jessica Penne (116 lbs.)
Bartosz Fabinski (184.5 lbs.) vs. Gerald Meerschaert (185.5 lbs.)
Austin Hubbard (156 lbs.) vs. Dakota Bush (155.5 lbs.)
Anthony Birchak (135.5 lbs.) vs. Tony Gravely (135.5 lbs.)
Hello everyone and welcome to 411mania’s LIVE coverage of UFC on ESPN 22. I’m Robert Winfree and I’ll be your host, relaying all of the action to you just as I see it. Tonight the UFC brings a fairly obviously filler card, but the main event is a very relevant middleweight fight. Former champion Robert Whittaker will be trying to lay claim to
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Tony Gravely stops Anthony Birchak in Round 2 (0:32)
Tony Gravely drops Anthony Birchak in Round 2 and finishes him off with punches to win his bout at UFC Fight Night. (0:32)
The timeless Andrei Arlovski did it again on Saturday, as he defeated Chase Sherman by unanimous decision in his 35th UFC appearance.
Arlovski (31-20) outpointed Sherman (15-7) via unanimous judges scores of 29-28, in the co-main event of UFC Fight Night inside the Apex facility in Las Vegas. In doing so, Arlovski joined former light heavyweight champion Jon Jones as the only two fighters in UFC history to record 20 wins in a single weight class.
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