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UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Gastelum
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- Saturday 04.17.2021 at 07:00 PM ET
- U.S. Broadcast: ESPN
- Name: UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Gastelum
- Also Known As: UFC Vegas 24
- Promotion: Ultimate Fighting Championship
- Ownership: Endeavor
- Venue: UFC APEX
- Location: Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
- Enclosure: Octagon
- TV Announcers: Brendan Fitzgerald, Michael Bisping, Dominick Cruz
- Ring Announcer: Bruce Buffer
- Post-Fight Interviews: Michael Bisping
- TV Ratings: 953,000 avg. viewers (1.1M peak, 879k ESPN prelims)
- MMA Bouts: 10
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| Bout | Info | |
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| Robert Whittaker defeats Kelvin Gastelum via Decision, Unanimous | 5 Rounds, 25:00 Total Bout Page | |
| Andrei Arlovski defeats Chase Sherman via Decision, Unanimous | 3 Rounds, 15:00 Total Bout Page | |
| Jacob Malkoun defeats Abdul Razak Alhassan via Decision, Unanimous | 3 Rounds, 15:00 Total Bout Page | |
| Tracy Cortez defeats Justine Kish via Decision, Split | 3 Rounds, 15:00 Total Bout Page | |
| Luis Pena defeats Alex Munoz via Decision, Split | 3 Rounds, 15:00 Total Bout Page | |
| Alexandr Romanov defeats Juan Espino via Decision, Technical Split Decision | 3 Rounds, 11:05 Total Bout Page | |
| Jessica Penne defeats Lupita Godinez via Decision, Split | 3 Rounds, 15:00 Total Bout Page | |
| Gerald Meerschaert defeats Bartosz Fabiński via Submission, Power Guillotine Choke | 2:00 Round 1 of 3 Bout Page | |
| Austin Hubbard defeats Dakota Bush via Decision, Unanimous | 3 Rounds, 15:00 Total Bout Page | |
| Tony Gravely defeats Anthony Birchak via KO/TKO, Left Hook and Hammerfist | 1:31 Round 2 of 3, 6:31 Total Bout Page |
Responses Page 4
04.10.2021 | 1:09 AM ET
Prediction Comments
Predictions: 6 of 10 Winners, 4 Perfect, 400 Points | Tied for 2099th
Alexander Romanov, TKO, R2
ROMANOV SMASH !!!
"Lets see some ******* action!"
04.10.2021 | 9:02 PM ET
Predictions: 2 of 10 Winners, 1 Perfect, 125 Points | Tied for 3572nd
* Edited at 04.10.2021, 11:36 PM ET *
"Quack quack quack"
04.11.2021 | 10:13 AM ET
Predictions: 6 of 10 Winners, 5 Perfect, 440 Points | Tied for 1664th
"WMMA = 50/50 no matter the odds"
04.11.2021 | 1:09 PM ET
Prediction Comments
Predictions: 8 of 10 Winners, 6 Perfect, 590 Points | Tied for 72nd
Ricardo Ramos, DEC
This is the fight I'm most looking forward to on the card! Both have got good stamina so I'd be surprised if that became an issue in this fight which is good as I'm certain this will go the distance. Ricardo Ramos's chin is a little bit suspect but I'm not convinced that Bill Algeo is gonna exploit that effectively so I can't see an upset KO happening for him. I'd say that Ramos has the better ground game and will probably try to score points by controlling that aspect of the fight but again, I don't think Algeo will get subbed. It's possible but I doubt it. This makes me think that a decision win for Ramos is the most likely outcome of this fight.
Arlovski vs. Sherman
Andrei Arlovski, DEC
I don't care that he's 42, Andrei Arlovski should NEVER be at the bottom of a card, even if it is a card as good as this!
"I wish you good luck but I don't want you to rely on luck"
04.11.2021 | 5:13 PM ET
Prediction Comments
Predictions: 7 of 10 Winners, 2 Perfect, 400 Points | Tied for 2075th
Tony Gravely, DEC
Gravely's wrestling in his last fight was ******* incredible
04.11.2021 | 6:17 PM ET
Predictions: 4 of 6 Winners, 3 Perfect, 275 Points | Tied for 3220th
Malkoun is showing 5'9" sooooo......
event start time updated
From Saturday, April 17 at 5:00pm ET to Saturday, April 17 at 7:00pm ET
bout status update
Levy vs. Hubbard Changed from Confirmed to Cancelled
04.11.2021 | 8:10 PM ET
Prediction Comments
Predictions: 5 of 6 Winners, 4 Perfect, 350 Points | Tied for 2706th
Jeremy Stephens, TKO, R1
Stephens has been on quite a winless streak lately, but He also has been fighting very good competition since 2014. You gotta respect this warrior for fighting and beating some of the best LW and FW in the world with mixed results. He’s moving up with age to meet the young Michigan boy in klose. I’m gonna have to back the vet this time but we will see early on if he’s past it or he really just needed a step down in competition. Should be a great fight!
"“Who ain’t got Jiu Jitsuuu” "
04.12.2021 | 4:44 AM ET
Prediction Comments
Predictions: 6 of 10 Winners, 5 Perfect, 450 Points | Tied for 1546th
Abdul Razak Alhassan, TKO, R1
This fight transmits the same to me as many fights in the Heavyweight: 2 Fighters enter to the cage, One Fighter leave the cage with the help of medical assistance. Both are coming off devastating KO losses in under 1 minute, but Judo Thunder was one of the most feared guys in the UFC before the fights against Lazzez and Khaos Williams. While Malkoun although he is 10 years younger, it has not been possible to determine how good he is (since his only performance was a KO loss in 18 seconds where he didn't land a single punch). Perhaps in this new weight class Abdul Razak Alhassan no longer goes so frantically looking for the Knockout, but just as I don't think he has a problem knocking out Bobby Knuckles' teammate.
Pena vs. Munoz
Alex Munoz, DEC
Violent Bob Ross has surprising striking and quite a bit of grappling experience, but he's also one of the most irregular guys in the UFC. On his part, Munoz has good striking and excellent wrestling, although he did not have a good debut, his opponent was Nasrat Haqparast, a fighter with excellent takedown defense and very effective striking. For this fight I see a similar picture to the Munoz vs. Nick Newell fight: Pena and Munoz have a very similar level in the standing fight, but Pena's takedown defense is less than 50% (a lot of this has to do with the rubber guard strategy and triangle chokes attempts). I see Munoz giving the upset by takedowns, control time, ground and pound and avoid attempts at armbar or triangle chokes
Ramos vs. Algeo
Ricardo Ramos, DEC
I am a big fan of Ricardo Ramos. Carcacinha has a varied striking, good takedown effectiveness and dangerous BJJ. Bill Algeo has a very good striking volume and is not that easy to take down or control on the ground, but I think Ramos has the weapons necessary to take the victory and even a finish by submission. Algeo has a range advantage and it would be better for Ramos to avoid exchanging strikes in the distance
"Moicano Wants Money!"
04.12.2021 | 7:38 AM ET
Predictions: 6 of 10 Winners, 5 Perfect, 440 Points | Tied for 1664th
"WMMA = 50/50 no matter the odds"
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- Hippie
04.12.2021 | 8:05 AM ET
Predictions: 8 of 10 Winners, 5 Perfect, 540 Points | Tied for 347th
04.12.2021 | 10:08 AM ET
Predictions: 7 of 10 Winners, 2 Perfect, 400 Points | Tied for 2075th
* Edited at 04.12.2021, 10:31 AM ET *
bout announced
Austin Hubbard vs. Dakota Bush at 155 lbs (70.3 kg)
04.12.2021 | 1:15 PM ET
Prediction Comments
Predictions: 4 of 10 Winners, 2 Perfect, 265 Points | Tied for 3281st
Dakota Bush, SUB, R3
Win · Rear Naked Choke · 4:49 · R3
"KURZHAAR - Tomorrow Never Comes Until It's Too Late"
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- Hippie
04.12.2021 | 10:38 PM ET
Predictions: 8 of 10 Winners, 5 Perfect, 540 Points | Tied for 347th
04.13.2021 | 1:55 AM ET
Predictions: 7 of 10 Winners, 4 Perfect, 465 Points | Tied for 1234th
I don't think this is a good fight for Gastelum.70/30 on Whittaker. Kelvin really does struggle with bigger lengthier guys for the larger part ( which is basically everyone at MW) and I was pretty blown away by how well he performed against Adesanya. I thought he'd get merked. That was an exception to the trend however.
I see this fight going kind of the way the Till vs Gastelum fight went. Basically Kelvin getting picked apart on the outside. More dangerous fight for him here however as Whittaker has wrestling and Till doesn't. Whittaker probably chews up his lead leg pretty horribly over the first two and sets up a 1-2 to sameside headkick that catches him, same as the Cannonier fight. Either Rob puts him away on the feet or finishes it on the ground with sub/GNP.
Gastelum is one of these guys that pulls out ridiculously good performances at random however and I still believe Rob's chin is shot. Definitely not worth a straight bet. Props only.
Whittaker KO/TKO 3-4.
* Edited at 04.13.2021, 2:23 AM ET *
04.13.2021 | 4:24 AM ET
Predictions: 7 of 10 Winners, 4 Perfect, 465 Points | Tied for 1234th
Speaking on submission Radio, Justine Kish stated that after she **** herself during the Herrig fight, she received an offer by text from an unnamed man who wanted to buy her soiled fight shorts for 15K. According to Kish, he intended to 'Hang them in his man cave', I can sincerely say that when it happened I wanted to hang myself in mine--indeed, a fate indeed preferable to entering hers.
I'm grateful this ridiculous story, which is utterly implausible prima facie (how did this supposed random investor even get her direct number?) and born of a rampantly deluded wounded female ego is an obvious fiction. The world isn't big enough for both myself and another human being who wants to sniff Kish's Hershey stains. I have to believe that such a man is no more likely to exist than vampires or gnomes if I'm to have any semblance of a happy life moving forward.
On the subject of Cortez (who I hope goes dressed as a turd to the face-off) no; I don't find her attractive. Don't like it? Get ******; God crafted her head from a greasy sketched-over slab of haloumi and left it face-down in the skillet too long. In fact if there is a Chinese knockoff Madame Tussauds, and in it works a rub-a-dub sculptor who fell asleep ********d on rice wine while modelling a cheap wax Betty Boop to 96% completion 3.2 feet away from a kerosene-powered heater, he likely woke up with a headache to the most lifelike rendition of Tracy Cortez that will ever be created.
She'll win here however because Kish is both literally and figuratively just a ****show.
Cortez, dec.
* Edited at 04.13.2021, 4:46 AM ET *
04.13.2021 | 6:45 AM ET
Predictions: 7 of 10 Winners, 5 Perfect, 475 Points | Tied for 1069th
If Alhassan doesn't win that fight, he is truly shot and should retire.
04.13.2021 | 8:35 AM ET
Predictions: 7 of 10 Winners, 4 Perfect, 465 Points | Tied for 1234th
"What a Grand and Intoxicating Profile"
04.13.2021 | 9:19 AM ET
Predictions: 1 of 3 Winners, 0 Perfect, 50 Points | Tied for 3700th
2 of the beat grapplers in the 265 division.
UFC likely hooks them up so one will lose cause they don’t want guys that won’t stand & trade coming up in the division.
They don’t seem to grasp that grapplers have been more often the finishers the last few years.
Look at arlovski. Always strikes. Never finishes anyone.
Watching Andrei get paid to spar is old.
Kish is shockingly unskilled. She should face Hannah cifers for the “zero actual knowledge of fighting” belt.
But Tracy is another one that can’t finish a book.
She’ll likely be like blonde fighter & get a title shot without having gotten a finish in the ufc.
Lupita has legit boxing.
Rare among the women. Sure no 115 lady has much power but penne is really a 105er. She has skills but is just way too weak & frail.
Drakkar can’t finish a book.
Is Jeremy can’t KO him Close will get the decision. That’s what he does. Hold guys and decision them. Jeremy is just too small at 155,
I hope he wins, I’m a huge fan. And he has murderous power but drakkar is a big thick dude.
Whitaker can win easy grappling. But he’ll probably strike cause Robert has the lowest fight IQ since Rich Franklin. And Kelvin will get hit a lot but he has a hard head and throws hard.
Kelvin is just like Jeremy Stephens.
The both throw bombs and got big heads and can’t get hurt very easy but they are just small for their weight so they can’t beat the top guys.
Why is judo thunder being given a local guy to beat?
One would think losing 2 in a row after having sex with women that didn’t want it... they’d Dump him
"All that we see or seem Is but a dream within a dream."
04.13.2021 | 11:19 AM ET
Prediction Comments
Predictions: 7 of 10 Winners, 1 Perfect, 390 Points | Tied for 2287th
Austin Hubbard, TKO, R1
HAIRY BUSH
"too slwo"
04.13.2021 | 12:46 PM ET
Predictions: 7 of 10 Winners, 3 Perfect, 425 Points | Tied for 1738th