UFC 234 results: Adesanya beats Anderson Silva
Anderson Silva is not young fighter anymore, but he’s still got more than enough left in the tank to put on an entertaining main event bout.
Anderson Silva is not young fighter anymore, but he’s still got more than enough left in the tank to put on an entertaining main event bout.
Silva had more than his fair share of moments, Adesanya is the one in his prime. And that showed as the bout wore on. Adesanya was faster, had more gas in the tank, and simply landed the bigger shots as he went on to a unanimous decision victory at Melbourne’s Rod Laver Arena. The judges’ scores were 29-28, 30-27, 30-27.
The following fighters were awarded $50,000 bonuses:
Full results:
| Method | Round | Time | Notes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Middleweight | Israel Adesanya | def. | Anderson Silva | Decision (unanimous) (29-28, 30-27, 30-27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Lightweight | Lando Vannata | def. | Marcos Mariano | Submission (kimura) | 1 | 4:55 | |
| Bantamweight | Ricky Simon | def. | Rani Yahya | Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 30-27, 30-25) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Women's Flyweight | Montana De La Rosa | def. | Nadia Kassem | Verbal Submission (armbar) | 2 | 2:37 | |
| Light Heavyweight | Jimmy Crute | def. | Sam Alvey | TKO (punches) | 1 | 2:49 | |
| Preliminary Card (ESPN) | |||||||
| Lightweight | Devonte Smith | def. | Dong Hyun Ma | TKO (punches) | 1 | 3:49 | |
| Featherweight | Shane Young | def. | Austin Arnett | Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Flyweight | Kai Kara-France | def. | Raulian Paiva | Decision (split) (28-29, 29-28, 29-28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Bantamweight | Kyung Ho Kang | def. | Teruto Ishihara | Technical Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 3:59 | |
| Early Preliminary Card (UFC Fight Pass) | |||||||
| Lightweight | Jalin Turner | def. | Callan Potter | KO (punches) | 1 | 0:53 | |
| Bantamweight | Jonathan Martinez | def. | Wuliji Buren | Decision (unanimous) (30-27, 30-27, 29-28) | |||
