2 years after taking out from their very first experience, Australia’s Robert Whittaker has entirely outclassed American competing Kelvin Gastelum.
Australian UFC competitor Robert Whittaker has actually improved American competing Kelvin Gastelum in their long-awaited rematch on Sunday mid-day AEST.
The previous middleweight champ placed on a masterclass efficiency at Las Las vega’ UFC Pinnacle, beating Gastelum using consentaneous choice (50-45 x 3).
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Whittaker regulated the whole of the five-round competition, outstriking his challenger walking and also the ground.
Gastelum landed a handful of effective impacts, yet the Aussie was without a doubt exceptional with his precision and also timing.
” I really feel sitting pretty,” Whittaker stated after the win.
” Undoubtedly, this was a really tough battle. I assume a great deal of individuals were marketing Kelvin brief for where he remained in the positions. He is among the very best competitors in the department, which was a difficult battle.”
2 years back, Whittaker experienced a stomach rupture the eve his middleweight title battle versus Gastelum, compeling a shock withdrawal.
It was a fanatic injury, burglarizing Mixed Martial Arts followers of what would certainly have been an exhilarating competition at Melbourne’s Pole Laver Sector.
Whittaker was implied ahead up versus Paulo Costa this weekend break, yet the Brazilian competitor took out since a serious instance of flu-impeded prep work, Gastelum the eleventh-hour substitute.
The 30- year-old’s success reignited phone calls from within the UFC area for a rematch versus present middleweight champ Israel Adesanya– the New Zealander took the belt off Whittaker at UFC 243 in October 2019.
“( Adesanya) is an excellent competitor. However I assume it has to do with time we went across courses once more,” Whittaker stated on Sunday.
” They could simply open the boundaries for Australia in September. Allow’s make that take place. Allow’s see if we can obtain an arena back house.
” He defeat me last time. However I’m mosting likely to strive, and also I assume I have actually obtained some techniques he hasn’t seen yet.”
FULL CARD AND ALSO OUTCOMES
Key Card
Robert Whittaker beat Kelvin Gastelum– using consentaneous choice– middleweight
Andrei Arlovski beat Chase Sherman– using consentaneous choice– heavyweight
Jacob Malkoun beat Abdul Razak Alhassan– using consentaneous choice– middleweight
Tracy Cortez beat Justine Kish– using split choice– ladies’s flyweight
Luis Pena beat Alexander Munoz– using split choice– light-weight
Prelims
Alexander Romanov beat Juan Espino– using technological split choice– heavyweight
Jessica Penne beat Lupita Godinez– using split choice– ladies’s strawweight
Gerald Meerschaert beat Bartosz Fabinski– using preliminary entry– middleweight
Austin Hubbard beat Dakota Shrub– using consentaneous choice– light-weight
Tony Seriously beat Anthony Birchak– using 2nd round TKO– bantamweight