Earlier this week, surging middleweight prospect Israel Adesanya claimed that his co-headlining bout with Anderson Silva is the reason UFC 234 sold out in a matter of minutes.
Hometown favorite Robert Whittaker will headline the event opposite Kelvin Gastelum but, according to ‘The Last Stylbender’, Whittaker ought to be thanking him for the pay-per-view points.
“I’m just going to do me, and Whittaker, that’s his Christmas gift for the next five years; [it’s] me being on this card with Anderson that made the show sell out in 15 minutes,” Adesanya told ESPN.