UFC 271: ADESANYA VS. WHITTAKER 2 | 6th Round Post-Fight Show

Bloody Elbow fight experts, Zane Simon & Eddie Mercado, are here to breakdown the UFC 271: ‘Adesanya vs. Whittaker 2’ PPV event, from Houston, TX. The guys have hot takes, possible next fights, as well as reactions to the overall event.

The UFC showcased ‘One of the best strikers in MMA’, Israel ‘The Last Stylebender’ Adesanya, fighting for the undisputed UFC MW Championship. He was squared-up against Robert ‘The Reaper’ Whittaker for their rematch, the first event having occurred at UFC 243 on Oct 5th of 2019. Just to refresh your memory, Whittaker lost that fight via a Counter Left Hook delivered by Adesanya at 3:33 of Rd 2 of 5.

Meanwhile, the co-main event featured our UFC HW competitors, Derrick ‘The Black Beast’ Lewis & Tai ‘Bam Bam’ Tuivasa.

Also on the PPV card, we had a MW match between Jared ‘Killa Gorilla’ Cannonier & Derek Brunson. As well as a matchup between LWs, Alexander ‘The Great’ Hernandez & Renato Moicano, not to mention a LW scrap in our main card opener between Nasrat Haqparast & Bobby ‘King’ Green.

For all the results, reactions & much more detail on the main PPV card and plenty of tidbits about the prelims too, be sure to hit play on the show to hear what our fight experts have to say about the event last night.

Overall, this now 14-bout card saw 1 1st Rd finish, 2 KO/TKO’s, 4 subs, & 8 decisions, 2 split. Rounding things out, 2 fighters were awarded for putting forth POTN efforts: Tai Tuivasa, & Jared Cannonier; FOTN honors went to D. Silva de Andrade vs. Sergey Morozov.

Here’s a look at the UFC 271: ‘Adesanya vs Whittaker 2’ fight card full results & updated fight records —

ESPN+ PPV MAIN CARD:
UFC Middleweight Championship —
At 1:34 — 14. 185lbs: Israel Adesanya (22-1) DEF. Robert Whittaker (23-6) — DEC, Unanimous (48-47x2, 49-46)

At 10:25 — 13. 265lbs: Tai Tuivasa (15-3) DEF. Derrick Lewis (26-9) — KO/TKO, Elbow at 1:40 of Rd 2, Total 6:40

At 17:37 — 12. 185lbs: Jared Cannonier (15-5) DEF. Derek Brunson (23-8) — KO/TKO, Elbows at 4:29 of Rd 2, Total 9:29

At 25:02 — 11. 155lbs: Renato Moicano (16-4) DEF. Alexander Hernandez (13-5) — SUB, Rear Naked Choke at 1:23 of Rd 2, Total 6:23

At 30:54 — 10. 155bs: Bobby Green (29-12) DEF. Nasrat Haqparast (13-5) — DEC, Unanimous (30-27x3)

ESPN/ESPN+ PRELIMS:
At 35:04 — 9. 265lbs: Andrei Arlovski (33-20) DEF. Jared Vanderaa (12-7) — DEC, Split (29-28x2 Arlovski, 28-29 Vanderaa)

At 38:21 — 8. 125lbs: Casey O’Neill (9-0) DEF. Roxanne Modafferi (25-20) — DEC, Split (29-28x2 O’Neill, 28-29 Modafferi

At 44:05 — 7. 135lbs: Kyler Phillips (10-2) DEF. Marcelo Rojo (16-8) — SUB, Triangle-Armbar at 1:48 of Rd 3, Total 11:48

At 49:44 — 6. 205lbs: Carlos Ulberg (4-1) DEF. Fabio Cherant (7-4) — DEC, Unanimous (30-27x3)

UFC FIGHT PASS EARLY PRELIMS:
At 52:51 — 5. 135lbs: Ronnie Lawrence (8-1) DEF. Mana Martinez (9-3) — DEC, Unanimous (29-27x2 Lawrence, 29-18 Martinez)

At 58:06 — 4. 185lbs: Jacob Malkoun (6-1) DEF. AJ Dobson (6-1) — DEC, Unanimous (29-27x2 Malkoun, 29-28 Dobson)

At 1:00:52 — 3. 135lbs: D. Silva de Andrade (28-4) DEF. Sergey Morozov (17-5) — SUB, Rear Naked Choke at 3:34 of Rd 2, Total 8:34

At 1:04:58 — 2. 170lbs: Jeremiah Wells (10-2) DEF. Blood Diamond (3-1) — SUB, Rear Naked Choke at 4:38 of Rd 1

At 1:08:17 — 1. 205lbs: Maxim Grishin (32-9) DEF. William Knight (11-3) — DEC, Unanimous (29-28x3)

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