UFC 234 WHITTAKER VS GASTELUM

mailburner · 09-02-2019 8:02pm #1

Prelims and main card bt sports 2 1-3 and 3-7

Sucks for all here especially the aussies having this on at a time to suit the yanks

It's hard to get excited about any fight outside the main two, fancy a pts win for adesanya but I fear this will be more of a dancing contest with lots of booing.

whittaker but I'm not sure how he gets it done, will no doubt be relieved not to be staring over at romero though.

Sam alvey on the main card...meh

yahya likes subs, has 20 sub wins

ishihara is the worst fighter on the ufc roster but he has a few fans I guess.

I can't see where the excitement is going to come from outside of the main event so for me staying up might feel like a bit of a slog but a slog I'll do if I'm wrong about the card.

dulux99 · 09-02-2019 8:11pm

Will watch as far as Lando and catch the rest tomorrow.

Hard to ignore all the talk of Gastelums ringworm/staph this week so it's put a bit of a dampener on the main event for me.

Adesanya vs Silva simply shouldn't be happening.

ricero · 09-02-2019 8:30pm

Gastelum and Adasenya by ko/tko

Subcomandante Marcos · 09-02-2019 8:53pm

Think I'll be recording this and watching it with a bowl of porridge tomorrow morning not long after it ends rather than staying up all night.

The main event will be a great fight, the co main is a farce in an attempt to justify Izzy jumping the title contention queue and although some of the under card fights look decent I just don't fancy being sleep deprived tomorrow.

d00mk1n · 09-02-2019 9:12pm

Robert Whittaker is out.

New Main Event Isreal vs Silva

fermanagh_man · 09-02-2019 9:15pm

d00mk1n wrote: »

Robert Whittaker is out.

New Main Event Isreal vs Silva

****!!!
Man Whittaker has awful luck with injury

ASOT · 09-02-2019 9:15pm

Not staying up now anyway **** sake

dulux99 · 09-02-2019 9:17pm

Ah Jesus Christ.

Second time he's pulled out of a main event in Australia. There's a few of my mates going to this event and will be waking up to this news any minute. Sickening

Wrongway1985 · 09-02-2019 9:19pm

Oh dear the main intrigue gone that's a very sad looking numbered event.

ASOT · 09-02-2019 9:20pm

Isreal v Silva for an interim id say

Subcomandante Marcos · 09-02-2019 9:21pm

Hernia, ouchies.

ricero · 09-02-2019 9:23pm

Have to laugh everyone thought it would be Gastelum pulling out and then this happens

Zero-Cool · 09-02-2019 9:26pm

I can picture dana's head about to explode with rage, what a sickner. He's having surgery today according to DW.

https://twitter.com/bokamotoESPN/status/1094330216116187136?s=19

Subcomandante Marcos · 09-02-2019 9:29pm

In fairness, this isn't anyone's fault, it's just bad luck, can't blame bobby for it.

[Deleted User] · 09-02-2019 9:52pm

Silva and Style Bender for Interm Title :P

Beersmith · 09-02-2019 9:56pm

Wow, must now be the worst ever PPV card. Seriously who da fup are most of the fighters on the card

ricero · 09-02-2019 9:57pm

Beersmith wrote: »

Wow, must now be the worst ever PPV card. Seriously who da fup are most of the fighters on the card

Yea it really is the drizzling ****s of a ppv

mailburner · 09-02-2019 10:01pm

Sh1te

Imagine paying for this

If ever a card needed this fight it's this card, rip 234
The poor fans in oz though...

Autecher · 09-02-2019 10:12pm

Vannata v Rosa is the new co-main? That fight was originally on the Fight Pass prelims!! It will probably be entertaining as Lando's fights usually are because he gets hit so much but having a guy who's UFC record is 1-3-2 fight an unknown guy making his UFC debut in the co-main of a ppv just shows what a lousy card it was already.

Wrongway1985 · 09-02-2019 10:14pm

4 out of the 10 fighters on what's the main card now have no Wikipedia page

Saw during week Dana was asked by a journo that some people would suggest this is a top heavy card, his response was no we got Jim Crute/Sam Alvey on there that should be a fun one wasn't pressed but that was always on the main card and it was obvious Dana couldn't actually name a single fight on the prelims

Zero-Cool · 09-02-2019 10:15pm

Well that escalated quickly

https://twitter.com/arielhelwani/status/1094336476261818368?s=19

Autecher · 09-02-2019 10:17pm

Oh and it's been confirmed that Silva v Adesanya will be a 3 round main event. I assume it was too late notice for Silva given his age and he trained for 3 rounds?

JacksonHeightsOwn · 09-02-2019 10:52pm

How exactly has he only been diagnosed with a hernia so severe it needs an operation, this close to the event??

derfderf · 09-02-2019 11:01pm

Well I'm not paying $50 for Silva vs Stylebender.

ERG89 · 09-02-2019 11:02pm

Beersmith wrote:

Wow, must now be the worst ever PPV card. Seriously who da fup are most of the fighters on the card

Would it not make sense to have a fighter as backup.
Both of the main fights were in the middleweight division so the odds of one going down weren't exactly low.
Even Gastelum having a staph infection and ringworm is ridiculous.
Feel bad for Whittaker as he's had enough health issues before.

ASOT · 09-02-2019 11:06pm

derfderf wrote: »

Well I'm not paying $50 for Silva vs Stylebender.

Madness to pay that for any card anyway.

mailburner · 10-02-2019 1:01am

How do those ppv's work anyway?

Do they still charge full price for the likes of this even at this stage with no real main event?

I'll assume they do when so many have paid the full price already before this news broke.

derfderf · 10-02-2019 1:11am

mailburner wrote: »

How do those ppv's work anyway?

Do they still charge full price for the likes of this even at this stage with no real main event?

I'll assume they do when so many have paid the full price already before this news broke.

I'm in Australia. Same price regardless. It's on at 2pm here, so it's a good time to watch
I get some people say it's madness to pay, but if nobody pays there's no UFC.

derfderf · 10-02-2019 1:14am

ASOT wrote: »

Madness to pay that for any card anyway.

If you take everything in to account (average wages, cost of living etc) it's like paying €20 to watch in the middle of the day in Ireland. It's not that bad, and, as i said below, someone has to pay.

mailburner · 10-02-2019 1:39am

derfderf wrote: »

If you take everything in to account (average wages, cost of living etc) it's like paying €20 to watch in the middle of the day in Ireland. It's not that bad, and, as i said below, someone has to pay.

well it's showing up as 65 bucks digital ppv in the states which is staggering considering outside of the two main fights the rest of the card was as weak as I've seen in a very long time for a ppv.

Nothing short of daylight robbery right now regardless of time but hey it's worth more to be able to watch these at a normal hour it's fair to say.

derfderf · 10-02-2019 2:03am

mailburner wrote: »

well it's showing up as 65 bucks digital ppv in the states which is staggering considering outside of the two main fights the rest of the card was as weak as I've seen in a very long time for a ppv.

Nothing short of daylight robbery right now regardless of time but hey it's worth more to be able to watch these at a normal hour it's fair to say.

$65US. Probably $85AUS. I'd be pissed paying that.They pay more in the US as it's on at primetime. I prefer 2pm Sunday to be honest.

UFC 234 WHITTAKER VS GASTELUM

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