Colby Covington Takes Shot At Kelvin Gastelum Ahead Of UFC 234 (Photo)

Colby Covington doesn’t reserve his trash talk just for those fighting in his own weight class at 170 pounds. “Chaos” has a history of taking shots at fighters of all divisions, including middleweight. Recently, Covington took to Twit…

Colby Covington doesn’t reserve his trash talk just for those fighting in his own weight class at 170 pounds. “Chaos” has a history of taking shots at fighters of all divisions, including middleweight. Recently, Covington took to Twitter and fired off a shot at UFC middleweight title challenger Kelvin Gastelum. He posted several photos of […]

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UFC 234 Weigh-In Video & Results

UFC 234 weigh-in results have been released as the fighters took the stage to get ready for battle inside of the Octagon under the promotion banner. The UFC 234 pay-per-view event is set to take place on Saturday, February 9, 2019, at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Australia. The main card will air on pay-per-view […]

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UFC 234 weigh-in results have been released as the fighters took the stage to get ready for battle inside of the Octagon under the promotion banner.

The UFC 234 pay-per-view event is set to take place on Saturday, February 9, 2019, at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Australia. The main card will air on pay-per-view at 10 p.m. ET. The preliminary card will air on ESPN at 8 p.m. ET and the UFC’s streaming service, Fight Pass, at 6:30 p.m. ET.

Robert Whittaker vs. Kelvin Gastelum in a middleweight title bout will headline the show while Israel Adesanya vs. Anderson Silva in a middleweight bout will co-headline.

UFC officials held the weigh-ins for UFC 234 on Friday. Join us for the video streaming live at 7pm/4pm ETPT today. Here are the weigh-in results:

Main card (PPV at 10 p.m. ET):

Robert Whittaker (185) vs. Kelvin Gastelum (184)

Anderson Silva (186) vs. Israel Adesanya (185)

Rani Yahya (135) vs. Ricky Simon (135)

Montana De La Rosa (125) vs. Nadia Kassem (124)

Jim Crute (206) vs. Sam Alvey (205)

Undercard (ESPN at 8 p.m. ET):

Devonte Smith (156) vs. Dong Hyun Ma (156)

Shane Young (145) vs. Austin Arnett (145)

Kai Kara-France (125) vs. Raulian Paiva (125)

Teruto Ishihara (136) vs. Kyung Ho Kang (136)

Undercard (UFC Fight Pass at 6:30 p.m. ET):

Lando Vannata (156) vs. Marcos Mariano (155)

Callan Potter (156) vs. Jalin Turner (155)

Wuliji Buren (136) vs. Jonathan Martinez (136)

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Kelvin Gastelum: The Ultimate Fighter Has Served Its Purpose

Kelvin Gastelum has a firm grasp on The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) and the purpose it has served for the UFC. Gastelum won TUF 17 when he defeated Uriah Hall via split decision. He has gone on to defeat some of the biggest names at both 170 and 185 pounds. Several years later, Gastelum has now […]

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Kelvin Gastelum has a firm grasp on The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) and the purpose it has served for the UFC.

Gastelum won TUF 17 when he defeated Uriah Hall via split decision. He has gone on to defeat some of the biggest names at both 170 and 185 pounds. Several years later, Gastelum has now coached on both TUF Latin America, and TUF’s most recent season, TUF 28. Gastelum coached opposite upcoming opponent, UFC middleweight champion Robert Whittaker.

Speaking to media recently to promote the fight, Gastelum was asked about his experience on TUF. The former tournament winner said he believes the show has served its purpose after all these years, and expects the promotion to make some changes to the program moving forward (via My MMA News):

“I definitely think there should be some sort of feeding program for the UFC, like The Ultimate Fighter has been but I think The Ultimate Fighter has served its purpose,” Gastelum said. “Maybe [they] need to do something similar but different. I think people are kind of over the reality show thing.

“I think people just want to see the fights. I think that’s what’s going to happen. I think the UFC needed The Ultimate Fighter and I felt like it’s a big staple of the UFC and a reason why the UFC is where it’s at today but I think they need to change it up a little bit. I think they will.”

Gastelum earned his UFC middleweight title opportunity after picking up back-to-back victories. He defeated both Michael Bisping and Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza before earning a title bout. Gastelum will certainly have his hands full against Whittaker, who hasn’t lost in nine fights.

This will be the Aussie’s first official title defense, as his previous opponent, Yoel Romero, missed weight. As a result, their fight was simply a five-round main event. Should both fighters make weight for the fight, it will be Whittaker’s first career title defense.

UFC 234 goes down live from the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Australia tomorrow (Sat. February 9, 2019).

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UFC 234 Predictions: Whittaker vs. Gastelum

UFC 234 is right around the corner. The event takes place inside the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Australia this Saturday night (Feb. 9). In the main event, Robert Whittaker will defend his UFC middleweight championship against Kelvin Gastelum. The co…

UFC 234 is right around the corner. The event takes place inside the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Australia this Saturday night (Feb. 9). In the main event, Robert Whittaker will defend his UFC middleweight championship against Kelvin Gastelum. The co-main event will see future UFC Hall of Famer Anderson Silva do battle with Israel […]

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Quote: Anderson Silva’s PED Failures Don’t Affect HOF Chance

Anderson Silva has tested positive for PEDs twice in his career. The first time Silva failed was for a test in relation to UFC 183. He blamed it on male enhancement pills from Thailand. The second offense was before UFC Shanghai. Silva took the common “tainted supplement” defense on that one. He was ultimately exonerated […]

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Anderson Silva has tested positive for PEDs twice in his career.

The first time Silva failed was for a test in relation to UFC 183. He blamed it on male enhancement pills from Thailand. The second offense was before UFC Shanghai. Silva took the common “tainted supplement” defense on that one. He was ultimately exonerated and allowed to return.

UFC President Dana White thinks Silva has paid the price for his past performance-enhancing drug run-ins. Not only that, but White also believes “The Spider” is a “110-percent” shoo-in for the UFC Hall of Fame. As he’s said about many fighters, White believes Silva made mistakes and did what was required to bounce back:

There’s been guys who’ve made mistakes here, it happens,” White told TMZ Sports in a recent interview. “He paid the penalty, paid the price for it, sat out his suspension, paid his fines, did all the stuff he needed to do and now he’s back.”

Watch all of White’s TMZ Sports interview below.

Silva will face Israel Adesanya in the co-main event of UFC 234 on Saturday night from the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

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UFC 234 Weigh-in Live Results Tonight (Feb. 8)

The UFC 234 weigh-ins will be coming at you tonight (Feb. 8). There will be no early morning weigh-ins for UFC 234. Instead, the actual weigh-ins will also be the ceremonial weigh-ins. Fighters on the UFC 234 card will tip the scales beginning at 7 p.m…

The UFC 234 weigh-ins will be coming at you tonight (Feb. 8). There will be no early morning weigh-ins for UFC 234. Instead, the actual weigh-ins will also be the ceremonial weigh-ins. Fighters on the UFC 234 card will tip the scales beginning at 7 p.m. ET. Tomorrow night, UFC 234 will take place inside […]

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