UFC 234 Live Results

By Chris Taylor - February 9, 2019

The octagon returns to Australia this evening for the promotions UFC 234 pay-per-view event which is now headlined by a middleweight bout between Anderson Silva and Israel Adesanya.

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Tonight’s pay-per-view event was expected to be headlined by a middleweight title fight between Robert Whittaker and Kelvin Gastelum. However, “The Reaper” was forced to withdraw from the fight due to an injury just hours prior to the event.

Robert Whittaker, Kelvin Gasteum, UFC 234

As a result of Whittaker’s injury, a highly anticipated three-round middleweight affair between former division kingpin Anderson Silva and surging contender Israel Adesanya will now main event UFC 234.

Anderson Silva will compete for the first time in over a year at tonight’s event in Melbourne. “The Spider” was last seen in action at UFC 208, where he scored a unanimous decision victory over Derek Brunson.

Meanwhile, Israel Adesanya has gone a perfect 4-0 since joining the UFC in February of 2018.

“The Last Stylebender” was most recently seen in action at November’s UFC 230 event, where he earned a first-round TKO victory over the aforementioned Derek Brunson.

In the co-main event of the evening, lightweights Marcos Rosa Mariano and Lando Vannata will throw down in hopes of climbing the stacked 155-pound ranks.

Get all of tonight’s UFC 234 results below:

UFC 234 Main Card on Pay-Per-View

Israel Adesanya vs. Anderson Silva – Adesanya def. Silva via unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27 x2)
Marcos Rosa Mariano vs. Lando Vannata – Vannata def. Moriano via submission (kimura) at 4:45 of Round One
Rani Yahya vs. Ricky Simon – Simon def. Yahya via unanimous decision (30-27 x2, 30-25)
Montana De La Rosa vs. Nadia Kassem – De La Rosa def. Kassem via submission (armbar) at 2:37 of Round Two
Jim Crute vs. Sam Alvey – Crute def. Alvey via TKO (punches) at 2:49 of Round One

UFC 234 Prelims on ESPN:

Dong Hyun Ma vs. Devonte Smith – Smith def. Ma via TKO (punches) at 3:53 of Round One
Austin Arnett vs. Shane Young – Young def. Arnett via unanimous decision (30-27 x3)
Kai Kara-France vs. Raulian Paiva – Kara-France def. Paiva via split-decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
Teruto Ishihara vs. Kyung Ho Kang – Kang def. Ishihara by technical submission (rear naked choke) at 3:59 of Round One

UFC 234 Prelims on Fight Pass:

Callan Potter vs. Jalin Turner — Turner def. Potter by KO (punches) at 0:53 of Round One
Wuliji Buren vs. Jonathan Martinez — Martinez def. Buren by unanimous decision (30-27 x2, 29-28)

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