Completed MMA Event

UFC 234: Adesanya vs. Silva

UFC 234
  • Saturday 02.09.2019 at 10:00 PM ET
  • U.S. Broadcast: Pay Per View | Prelims: ESPN
  • Promotion: Ultimate Fighting Championship
  • Ownership: WME-IMG
  • Venue: Rod Laver Arena
  • Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
  • Enclosure: Octagon
  • TV Announcers: Jon Anik, Dominick Cruz
  • Ring Announcer: Bruce Buffer
  • Post-Fight Interviews: Jon Anik
  • Ticket Revenue (live gate): $2,470,088
  • Attendance: 15,238
  • PPV Buys / Buyrate: 175,000 | TV Ratings: 1.34M avg. viewers (ESPN prelims, 2.3M peak)
  • MMA Bouts: 11
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Fight Card

Cancelled & Fizzled Bouts

Honors & Awards

  • Fight of the Night
    Anderson Silva vs. Israel Adesanya   |   $50,000 bonus to each fighter
  • Performance of the Night
    Nadia Kassem vs. Montana De La Rosa   |   $50,000 bonus to De La Rosa
  • Performance of the Night
    Dong Hyun Ma vs. Devonte Smith   |   $50,000 bonus to Smith

Referees

  • Herb Dean
    Silva vs. Adesanya (11)Ma vs. Smith (6)Ishihara vs. Kang (3)
  • Steve Perceval
    Vannata vs. Mariano (10)Yahya vs. Simón (9)
  • Peter Hickmott
    Kassem vs. De La Rosa (8)Turner vs. Potter (2)
  • Marc Goddard
    Crute vs. Alvey (7)Kara-France vs. Paiva (4)
  • Greg Kleynjans
    Arnett vs. Young (5)Wu vs. Martinez (1)

Event Discussion

freemoneyforall
freemoneyforall

02.10.2019 | 10:47 PM ET

It was so close because all the favorites won.
Detroit Superstar
Detroit Superstar

02.11.2019 | 8:29 PM ET

True dat freemoney, the 2 fights i was worried about was Martinez and Simon and Simon really handled Yayha very very easily. 

And I thought Alvey would go the distance. He's been ko'd twice in a row. Not a good sign for a guy that is known for being durable.
freemoneyforall
freemoneyforall

02.12.2019 | 12:36 AM ET

I also thought yahya would put up more of a fight. Simon made him look slow and mediocre.
In the case of alvey it was clearly stopped to soon in the end but should of been stopped at the initial knock down and crute should of been given the walk off ko ala mark hunt.
By the way *** tapology? U really thought kassem was gonna win?

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