UFC 234 results: Adesanya outstrikes Silva to win decision

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The UFC 234 main event just concluded with the company’s #6 ranked middleweight Israel Adesanya earn a unanimous decision over UFC legend Anderson Silva. Adesanya is now a flawless 16-0 and should be in the running for the next shot at the UFC middleweight title.

The 6th Round Post-Fight Show – UFC 234: Adesanya vs Silva by Bloody Elbow Presents

Adesanya opened up the bout with a lot of feints as Silva waited. Silva pressed forward aggressively, but was countered and stunned with a head kick from Adesanya. Silva slowed down his aggression, and Adesanya went back to his feints. Silva landed a spinning kick to the leg of his opponent, but Adesanya landed the better of the strikes in the opening round.

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Silva completely dropped his hands in the second act, allowing Adesanya to punch him in the face without consequence. Silva came alive and landed a flurry of punches before Adesanya dashed out of harms way. Another spinning kick to the leg landed for Silva as he had a much better round than the previous.

A lot of people didn’t expect for this matchup to make it to the third round, but it did. Adesanya landed a heavy leg kick and then just got out of the way of a flying knee. Silva backed himself up to the fence and demanded that Adesanya fight him there. After a bit of a standoff, Adesanya backed all the way off and the fight returned to the center of the Octagon. Adesanya landed quite a few more punches before time expired.