UFC Vegas 24 start time, who is fighting tonight at ‘Whittaker vs Gastelum’ in Las Vegas Apr 17, 2021, 10:45am EDT
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Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) returns later tonight (Sat., April 17, 2021) to stage UFC Vegas 24 from inside UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada, featuring a Middleweight bout between Robert Whittaker and Kelvin Gastelum. In the co-main event, Drakkar Klose takes on Jeremy Stephens in a Lightweight affair.
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The former middleweight champ is set to face Kelvin Gastelum at UFC Fight Night on Saturday in Las Vegas. This fight was supposed to happen in February 2019 when Whittaker still held the belt but it fell through the day of the event when Whittaker was hospitalized and needed emergency surgery.
Whittaker (23-5) versus Gastelum (17-6) is a stellar matchup at 185 pounds, and the sport is happy to see it but it s worth noting that Whittaker deserves more.
He s won 11 of his last 12 fights in the UFC, including back-to-back five-round title fights against Yoel Romero. His lone stumble was against Israel Adesanya, who is still the champ, in October 2019. Since that loss, he s decisively beaten Darren Till and Jared Cannonier, both of whom might have earned a title shot had they beaten him.
UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Gastelum Preview and Predictions
April 13, 2021
For the second consecutive weekend, the UFC’s middleweight division takes center stage. A pair of top-10 ranked fighters square off in the main event of
UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Gastelum.
Former champion Robert Whittaker bounced back after losing his title in 2019 by going 2-0 in 2020. He picked up decision victories over Darren Till and Jared Cannonier, and he will look to continue his streak into 2021 with his headlining affair against Kelvin Gastelum. Gastelum ended a three-fight skid when he defeated Ian Heinisch earlier in the year. A victory over Whittaker would go a long way toward Gastelum earning another shot against current champion Israel Adesanya after the pair battled in 2019’s “Fight of the Year.”
Midnight Mania! UFC Lightweight Alexander Munoz tracks down stolen car, push kicks screwdriver-wielding thief
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Here’s a very Sacramento, California story.
Team Alpha Male’s Alexander Munoz has been living in The Golden State’s capital for several years now, working as one of the team’s wrestling coaches prior to getting the UFC callup in 2020. The Lightweight returns to action next week at UFC Vegas 24 opposite Luis Pena, but this story does not directly relate to his upcoming battle with “Violent Bob Ross.”
One morning during his fight camp, Munoz woke up to find his car stolen, and his retrieval effort turned out to be pretty epic. Speaking with Urijah Faber on The Cali Cast, Munoz told the whole story of tracking the car down, finding the thief, and nearly getting stabbed in the process.