On Saturday night at UFC 234 at the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Australia, Robert Whittaker will defend his middleweight title against the fourth-ranked contender, Kelvin Gastelum.
From the co-main event, all-time great Anderson Silva takes on the new breed of fighter, striking phenom Israel Adesanya, in a bout with title implications at stake.
It is a night of middleweight activity in Melbourne, however there are a few heavyweight bets out there for lovers of UFC gambling to make, so let’s get to it.
Whittaker-Gastelum UFC 234 Betting Evaluation The main event on Saturday is that a cracker of a fight between two former Ultimate Fighter winners with similar strengths.
Whittaker’s run to the middleweight title was spearheaded by a dangerous, multi-layered game that was remarkable. Whittaker can press ahead or counter, works in combination, has got power in his punches and sharp leg kicks that he can set pace with.
“Bobby Knuckles” has also come to be an elite wrestler, winning the Australian championships just last year.
Conversely, Gastelum came to MMA with a background in high school wrestling and has come to be an extremely dangerous striker. On the feet, Gastelum favors a pressure-oriented style, where he could throw in combination and search for the knockout.
Gastelum also prefers to use his wrestling much more offensively than Whittaker, shooting takedowns at nearly twice the rate of the UFC middleweight champion.
Whittaker-Gastelum Bets Bets
Though the two guys can wrestle, both favor striking contests and Whittaker in particular will be able to dictate where this battle takes place. This implies this should largely be a striking contest and there, Whittaker has the benefit.
Whittaker has more tools, works at a higher pace, and is brilliant at fixing over time. On top of that, Yoel Romero did everything short of decapitate him in their final fight and was unable to stop Whittaker, therefore it is hard to believe Gastelum could do this.
Whittaker is a -265 favorite per SugarHouse, and those odds feel spot on. But, Whittaker by decision is +200 in SugarHouse, and considering Whittaker is the heavy favorite and Gastelum has just been stopped once — which was by submission, a skill we have yet to watch from Whittaker — which is certainly worth a wager.
UFC 234 Silva-Adesanya Betting Evaluation When Anderson Silva was along with the MMA world, he always insisted that the struggle he would like to possess would be contrary to his clone. Now that Silva is at the twilight of his career, he finally gets his wish, or at least, the next best thing.
Israel Adesanya is the hottest prospect in MMA at this time, having made his UFC debut just last season and racking up four notable victories with a stylish, violent striking match reminiscent of Silva’s prime.
Adesanya can do everything on the feet and unlike Silva, he’s also more prone to initiating crime instead of waiting to counterstrike.
Silva is the greatest striker in MMA history and in his best, he blurs the lines
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