On Saturday night at UFC 234 at the Rod Laver Arena at Melbourne, Australia, Robert Whittaker will defend his middleweight title against the fourth-ranked Competition, Kelvin Gastelum.

From the co-main occasion, all-time great Anderson Silva takes on the new breed of fighter, striking phenom Israel Adesanya, at a bout with name implications at stake.
It’s a night of middleweight action in Melbourne, but there are a few heavyweight bets available for lovers of UFC gambling to create, so let’s get to it.
Whittaker-Gastelum UFC 234 Betting Analysis The most important event on Saturday is that a cracker of a struggle between two former Ultimate Fighter winners with comparable strengths.
Whittaker’s run to the middleweight name was evidenced with a dangerous, multi-layered game that was remarkable. Whittaker can press ahead or counter tops, works in combination, has got power in his punches and sharp leg kicks he can set speed with.
“Bobby Knuckles” has also come to be an elite wrestler, winning the Australian national championships only last year.
Conversely, Gastelum came to MMA using a background in high school wrestling and has come to be a highly dangerous striker. On the feet, Gastelum prefers a pressure-oriented style, where he could throw in conjunction and search for the knockout.
Gastelum also prefers to use his wrestling more offensively than Whittaker, shooting takedowns at nearly twice the rate of this UFC middleweight champion.
Whittaker-Gastelum Bets Bets
Though the two guys can wrestle, both favor striking contests and Whittaker specifically will be able to dictate where this fight occurs. That means this should mostly be a striking competition and there, Whittaker gets the advantage.
Whittaker has more tools, works at a higher pace, and is brilliant at adjusting 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 think Gastelum could do this.
Whittaker is a -265 favored per SugarHouse, and those odds feel spot on. But, Whittaker by decision is +200 in SugarHouse, and contemplating Whittaker is the heavy favorite and Gastelum has just been stopped once — and that was by submission, a skill we have yet to see from Whittaker — that is certainly worth a wager.
UFC 234 Silva-Adesanya Betting Evaluation When Anderson Silva was on top of the MMA world, he always insisted that the struggle he would most like to possess would be against his clone. Now Silva is at the twilight of his career, he eventually gets his wish, or at least, the next best thing.
Israel Adesanya is the hottest prospect in MMA right now, having made his UFC debut only last year and racking up four notable victories with a stylish, violent striking game reminiscent of Silva’s prime.
Adesanya can do everything on the feet and unlike Silva, he is also prone to initiating offense instead of solely waiting to counterstrike.
Silva is the Best striker in MMA history and at his finest, he blurs the lines

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