This is the UFC 234 live blog for Israel Adesanya vs. Anderson Silva, a middleweight bout at Saturday’s UFC event at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Australia.
Adesanya, who is 15-0 with wins in all four of his UFC appearances, faces Silva, the former middleweight champion who is coming off of a unanimous decision win over Derek Brunson, in the main event.
The previously scheduled main event between UFC middleweight champion Robert Whittaker and Kelvin Gastelum was canceled when Whittaker was forced to withdraw due to a hernia.