Undefeated middle-weight Israel Adesanya stepped into the main event spotlight and claimed the biggest scalp of his mixed martial arts career with a unanimous decision victory over Anderson Silva at UFC 234. Nigeria-born Kiwi Adesanya, 29, and Brazilian legend Silva were originally scheduled to face off in the night’s co-main event contest in Melbourne. They were promoted to the main event of the show after Australian UFC middleweight champion Robert Whittaker withdrew from his fight. It forced the cancellation of Whittaker’s scheduled world title defence against American Kelvin Gastelum. After three rounds of gripping action, Adesanya was unanimously declared the victor with scores of 29-28, 30-27 and 30-27, taking his career record to 16-0.

Source: Punch February 10, 2019 23:03 UTC