Zane Simon & Connor Ruebusch are here to breakdown this weekend's, February 9th, UFC 234 PPV event from Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, with picks, odds & analysis for every bout of the PRELIMS. (Look for the MAIN CARD show right here on our BE Presents SoundCloud channel for further coverage.)
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UFC 234 is essentially a boxing PPV. A single title fight at the top to hook viewers in who are willing to pay to watch the champion compete (sadly for Robert Whittaker so far, that number has been low), and a showcase for rising talent Israel Adesanya (who the UFC expects people will pay to watch down the road) against an aging legend in Anderson Silva (who can still bring some notoriety to the table). That’s it. Everything else is just absolute filler. Even fights that would be decent on better booked cards look barely passable on this one.
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Here’s a look at the upcoming Saturday, February 9th, UFC 234 PPV: Whittaker vs Gastelum card from the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, as it stands right now, via
Tapology.com:
MAIN CARD PPV | 10PM ET (CATCH OUR SC MAINCARD SHOW)
Robert Whittaker vs Kelvin Gastelum
Anderson Silva vs Israel Adesanya
Rani Yahya vs Ricky Simón
Nadia Kassem vs Montana De La Rosa
Jim Crute vs Sam Alvey
PRELIMS ESPN+ | 8PM ET
Dong Hyun Ma vs Devonte Smith - 3:44
Austin Arnett vs Shane Young - 14:25
Kai Kara-France vs Raulian Paiva - 24:53
Teruto Ishihara vs Kyung Ho Kang - 39:04
EARLY PRELIMS FIGHTPASS
Lando Vannata vs Marcos Rosa - 48:39
Jalin Turner vs Callan Potter - 55:45
Wuliji Buren vs Jonathan Martinez - 1:05:08
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