Robert Whittaker Outclasses Kelvin Gastelum Over Five Rounds – UFC Vegas 24 Highlights

Whittaker GastelumRobert Whittaker all but cemented himself getting the next title shot. Whittaker made it three wins in a row after a dominant unanimous decision win over Kelvin Gastelum in the UFC Vegas 24 headliner on Saturday night. The former middleweight champion stunned Gastelum with a head kick in the first round before outstriking and outgrappling […]

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Robert Whittaker all but cemented himself getting the next title shot.

Whittaker made it three wins in a row after a dominant unanimous decision win over Kelvin Gastelum in the UFC Vegas 24 headliner on Saturday night.

The former middleweight champion stunned Gastelum with a head kick in the first round before outstriking and outgrappling the latter for the rest of the fight as the judges scored all scored it 50-45.

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UFC Vegas 24 Highlights: Robert Whittaker Outpoints Kelvin Gastelum

Robert Whittaker vs. Kelvin Gastelum exceeded all expectations in their headlining role.  The two fighters met in a bout on Saturday night (April 17, 2021) at the UFC Vegas 24 event from Las Vegas, Nevada at the UFC Apex facility. The first round …

Robert Whittaker vs. Kelvin Gastelum exceeded all expectations in their headlining role.  The two fighters met in a bout on Saturday night (April 17, 2021) at the UFC Vegas 24 event from Las Vegas, Nevada at the UFC Apex facility. The first round saw Whittaker tag him with a combo that ended with a head […]

UFC Vegas 24 Highlights: Andrei Arlovski Outstrikes Chase Sherman

Andrei Arlovski vs. Chase Sherman wasn’t booked to create a memorable fight in the co-main event, but it turned out to be a decent fight.  The two fighters met in a bout on Saturday night (April 17, 2021) at the UFC Vegas 24 event from Las Vegas, …

Andrei Arlovski vs. Chase Sherman wasn’t booked to create a memorable fight in the co-main event, but it turned out to be a decent fight.  The two fighters met in a bout on Saturday night (April 17, 2021) at the UFC Vegas 24 event from Las Vegas, Nevada at the UFC Apex facility. It was […]

Gerald Meerschaert Chokes Out Bartosz Fabinski With Early Guillotine – UFC Vegas 24 Highlights

MeerschaertGerald ‘GM3’ Meerschaert is back in the winner’s enclosure following a pair of damaging knockout losses — submitting Bartosz Fabinski with a slick opening round guillotine at UFC Vegas 24. Rebounding from a pair of knockout defeats to both Ian Heinisch and the uber-prospect, Khamzat Chimaev, the most recent of which came in September — […]

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Gerald ‘GM3’ Meerschaert is back in the winner’s enclosure following a pair of damaging knockout losses — submitting Bartosz Fabinski with a slick opening round guillotine at UFC Vegas 24.

Rebounding from a pair of knockout defeats to both Ian Heinisch and the uber-prospect, Khamzat Chimaev, the most recent of which came in September — the Roufusport submission specialist managed to lock up a eye-catching guillotine on Fabinski.

Mouting the Poland native, Meerschaert eventually rendered Fabinski unconscious with two minutes elapsed in the very first round, snapping his unfortunate knockout skid. With the victory, Meerschaert notched a stunning twenty-fourth successful submission win from his thirty-two professional victories.

Below, catch the highlights from Meerschaert’s win over Fabinski.

UFC Vegas 24 Results: Whittaker vs. Gastelum

UFCLowKick MMA will be bringing you UFC Vegas 24: Whittaker vs. Gastelum results throughout the afternoon (Sat. 10th. April 2021) from the UFC Apex facility in Las Vegas, Nevada. Taking main event honours at the UFC Apex facility event, former middleweight champion, Robert Whittaker meets with the #8 ranked contender, Kelvin Gastelum in a short-notice, rescheduled headlining matchup. […]

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LowKick MMA will be bringing you UFC Vegas 24: Whittaker vs. Gastelum results throughout the afternoon (Sat. 10th. April 2021) from the UFC Apex facility in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Taking main event honours at the UFC Apex facility event, former middleweight champion, Robert Whittaker meets with the #8 ranked contender, Kelvin Gastelum in a short-notice, rescheduled headlining matchup.

Initially scheduled to headline UFC 234 back in February of 2019, then-middleweight titleholder, Whittaker was forced to remove himself from proceedings on the day of the event, requiring emergency surgery after he suffered a hernia and a twisted and collapsed bowel.

Riding a two-fight winning spree, Whittaker has taken a pair of unanimous decision successes against former welterweight title challenger, Darren Till in July last, and October UFC 254 judging win over Jared Cannonier.

Replacing most recent title challenger, Paulo Costa on a month’s notice, Gastelum enters the tie off the back of a unanimous decision success against Ian Heinisch at UFC 258 back in February — where he snapped his three-fight losing skid.

In the co-main event, renowned puncher, Jeremy Stephens returns to the lightweight limit for the first time since May of 2013, as he tackles Drakkar Klose.

Suffering his second consecutive defeat last May at UFC 249 in Jacksonville, Florida, Stephens dropped a second-round knockout defeat to Calvin Kattar.

Returning to the Octagon for the first time since UFC 248 last March, Klose seen his three-fight winning spree halted by Beneil Dariush, suffering a second-round knockout loss in a heated exchange.

UFC Vegas 24 Results: Whittaker vs. Gastelum

Main Card: (ESPN 10 p.m. ET)

Middleweight: Robert Whittaker vs. Kelvin Gastelum

Lightweight: Jeremy Stephens vs. Drakkar Klose

Heavyweight: Andrei Arlovski vs. Chase Sherman

Middleweight: Abdul Razak Alhassan vs. Jacob Malkoun

Lightweight: Luis Pena vs. Alexander Munoz

Preliminary Card: (ESPN/ESPN+ 7 p.m. ET)

Flyweight: Tracy Cortez vs. Justine Kish

Heavyweight: Alexander Romanov vs. Juan Espino

Strawweight: Jessica Penne vs. Lupita Godinez

Middleweight: Bartosz Fabinski vs. Gerald Meerschaert

Lightweight: Austin Hubbard vs. Dakota Bush

Bantamweight: Tony Gravely vs. Anthony Birchak

WATCH: UFC Vegas 24 Post-Fight Press Conference Live Stream

The UFC Vegas 24 post-fight press conference will be live once the action concludes. In the headliner, Robert Whittaker vs. Kelvin Gastelum will collide in a middleweight clash. UFC Vegas 24’s co-main event will see a lightweight clash between Drakkar …

The UFC Vegas 24 post-fight press conference will be live once the action concludes. In the headliner, Robert Whittaker vs. Kelvin Gastelum will collide in a middleweight clash. UFC Vegas 24’s co-main event will see a lightweight clash between Drakkar Klose and Jeremy Stephens. action will also be featured on the main card as Andrei […]