UFC 271: LIVE YT Radio-Style PBP – ‘Adesanya vs Whittaker 2’ Commentary

Join us for an audio broadcast of our LIVE ‘radio style’ play-by-play commentary of the UFC 271 PPV MAIN CARD, including LIVE updates, results & reactions. The event was broadcast on ESPN+ from the Toyota Center, Houston, TX. Check out the VIDEO broadcast of this show on our Combat Culture YT Channel at: https://youtu.be/wFaKywfN88c & https://youtu.be/rMMtMHGtFK8

Throughout the telecast, our host, Matt Ryan, & co-host Brendan Sokler, brought you all of the face-punching goodness the UFC could provide...along with the completely legal and totally not real person Dan A. White. The team streamed LIVE from the YELLiNG! studios inside the diner from the Series Finale of The Sopranos.

The UFC showcased ‘One of the best strikers in MMA’, Israel ‘The Last Stylebender’ Adesanya, fighting for the undisputed UFC Middleweight Championship, his first bout since defeating Marvin Vettori at UFC 263. The Nigerian-born, New Zealand based professional mixed martial artist, kickboxer, and former boxer (with multiple championships in all three disciplines), currently ranked #3 in the men’s overall pound-for-pound rankings at the time. He squared-up against New Zealand-born, Australian professional mixed martial artist, Robert ‘The Reaper’ Whittaker, currently sitting at #14 in those rankings. This bout was 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 Round 2 of 5.

Meanwhile, the co-main event featured our HW competitors, Derrick ‘The Black Beast’ Lewis & Tai ‘Bam Bam’ Tuivasa. Lewis currently holds the record for most knockouts in UFC history and is ranked #3 in their division, & had a 26-8 record heading into the Octagon tonight. ‘Shoeyvasa’ held a record of 14-3, currently ranked #13 in the division.

Also on the PPV card, we had a MW match between Jared ‘Killa Gorilla’ Cannonier & Derek Brunson, who was currently on a 5-fight win streak. As well as a matchup between LWs, Alexander ‘The Great Ape’ Hernandez & Renato Moicano, not to mention a thrilling LW scrap in our main card opener between Nasrat Haqparast & Bobby ‘King’ Green.

Here’s a look at the UFC 271: ‘Israel Adesanya vs Robert Whittaker 2’ MAIN PPV fight card & current records —

ESPN+ PPV MAIN CARD:
UFC Middleweight Championship —
14. 185lbs: Israel Adesanya (21-1) vs. Robert Whittaker (23-5)

13. 265lbs: Derrick Lewis (26-8) vs. Tai Tuivasa (14-3)

12. 185lbs: Jared Cannonier (14-5) vs. Derek Brunson (23-7)

11. 135lbs: Kyler Phillips (9-2) vs. Marcelo Rojo (16-7)

10. 155bs: Nasrat Haqparast (13-4) vs. Bobby Green (26-12)

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