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[Music] foreign [Applause] [Music] [Applause] don’t get a whole lot bigger or better than this here we go here we go is Right tonight’s fight clock is brought to you by Modelo brood for those with a fighting spirit with the difference in height gas level is going to have to go through some stuff to close the distance on Israel right here in this range though is not safe for him [Applause] told us he’s got to overwhelm them certainly to your point DC can’t stay at distance it’s interesting because Israel fights differently as a mixed martial arts fighter than he did as a kickboxer in terms of his stance selection and he almost fights like he’s in a karate movie sometimes he does things differently but he’s constantly learning and adding to his Arsenal and one of the more interesting things he said he said I’m a better version of me than I was when I fought Anderson Silva and that was just a few months ago right yeah I mean you see guys fighting like that now Henderson Judo since he’s become social successful in that type of stance hard kick to the body by the last style Bender elusive avoids the shots by gaslum that left hook landed a little bit by gasoline there as he Luke Kelvin is throwing that right hand and the left hook is coming behind it because he knows Israel’s gonna dip off to that side I guess just so cool and collected So Good Under Pressure yeah gasoline whips on the right hand able to land to the body they both look so relaxed in here if you’ve never been to a UFC live event there is an Indescribable tension when there is a belt on the line yes bull fighters with five round experience adesanya had a performance in the main event against Brad Tavares a main event at altitude against Neil magni in Mexico [Applause] that’s that left hook that gasoline’s throwing off with that right hand he must have seen it in the video Edison is dipping on that side he has some serious power in that left hand oh and he goes to the body too [Applause] oh [Applause] and that’s as much adverse that we’ve seen at a song you have to this point in his career certainly in a striking realm yeah he’s got he’s been taking some big deep breaths his mouth’s open a little bit he got stung [Applause] he’s throwing heat gasoline is throwing some heat and he blocked that left high kick that left hand just grazed the chin that last one he threw under two minutes here to go in round one we have to remember that Kelvin gaslin is trained by one of the best striking coaches in the world in Rafael Cordero yes and Rafael has formulated a plan to deal with the style and reach of vadasanya gasum almost squares up when he starts to enter watch he starts to Square Movies his his head throws that right hand as a feeder really trying to land the left that song is not committing to any of his techniques right now [Applause] continues to move that head an inch out of Harm’s Way one minute to go round one well what we’ve learned is that Kelvin Gastelum is very capable of knocking out a Sonya all right he connected with some serious bombs and adesanya knows that now too he also knows that Calvin is drawn First Blood right and by and large ad Hassan is trying to touch you gasoline’s trying to kill you with everything he throws with some faints here on the feet and this has all been striking we have to remember that if there’s an advantage that we expected from Kelvin it would be in his grapple yes we haven’t seen any of that yet Israel’s just out here making reads though kinds are starting to get a little bit closer on some of his shots now and he’s committing to him again Kelvin touched him with that right hand though he touched him with a lead right hook [Applause] the hand speed of Calvin gaslin is not to be underestimated he’s very fast [Applause] right here look at this right hand left hook follows drop to the Sonya I mean that’s a knockdown I mean that’s a knockdown he caught him right on the chin he caught him on the edge of it imagine if that thing lands clean Gaston possesses some crazy power [Applause] and that first round knockdown of Israel out assigning the sixth consecutive opponent that Kelvin gasoline has knocked down good kick to the body by Israel his coaches call for that they say you only threw one body kick one more another quick left hand from arasania he talked a lot about working the body of gasoline which he described as soft right kick there that was that one landed that was clean Calvin with a whipping left hand at the bottom [Applause] gasom has a big gas tank too as big as that head is he’s got a big gas tank man he does especially at 85 when he’s not compromising his body to make the weight lands the left hand there over the top he’s been a lot of UFC Main Events you mentioned magni watman bizpig thank you nice jab by Calvin and while gaslim did acknowledge this as the toughest fight of his career when you’ve been in there with the likes of Tim Kennedy Chris Weidman jacquesne soza he thought the best man not gonna be intimidated and again at only 27 years of age and the Mixed Martial Arts experience difference is really off the charts beautiful at a sign you started to get off a little bit more now but gasoline lands that big bright Jab and don’t think that’s a normal jab that’s a power Jab the antenna on that one is to hurt you Sonia touched gasoline there with the left hand [Applause] out of Sonya born in Nigeria trying to bring New Zealand a UFC championship pressure by Calvin [Applause] it’s almost like Israel can’t engage him because Kevin’s so powerful yeah he has to evade’s dead space and Calvin is making reads of Israel’s Head movement and he’s forcing Israel to move and he’s not throwing the punches and he’s looking to read [Applause] saw some adversity now for Kelvin two minutes ago around two big right hand by alisonia perfectly placed big reset from Gastelum inside lead kick a lot of Sonia fighting that range now [Applause] right before Gaslamp got hit he stumbled on a misstep so he put him out of position and Israel landed watch this [Applause] he stumbles out of position Israel Landing you cannot make a mistake with a striker that’s as sharp as Israel had assigned there’s no room for error I’m getting a little bit sloppy here 90 seconds to go on the round assignments get going now you can’t be Reckless if you’re a gasoline you can’t be Reckless and assanya will snipe you yeah he can’t get careless and he can’t over commit oh beautiful he stung him that lead right hand is nasty it’s so nasty and it’s not telegraphed at all and it’s coming from low it’s hard to read no wind up nothing oh oh Calvin’s in real trouble real trouble and look at him instead of taking the step he’s still trying to go forward you got to take a moment he’s gonna get knocked out if he doesn’t take a break that was a beautiful elbow by other Sonia but that’s the thing about his Arsenal it’s so deep he can do so many things question mark kick just barely blocked he lands a left hand appear to eat that pretty well look at this there’s the grappling Andrew oh and he tagged him but if I’m gasping him I’m still shooting I’m just making him defend takedown after takedown try to wear on it wow wow indeed they said you look at some of this and here’s a body kick early on in the fight left hand to the body by Kelvin there’s a beautiful jab by Kelvin look how it snaps the head back goodbye to Sonya there’s that spinning back elbow here we go things are getting interesting folks we’ll see how Calvin gaslin responds here he takes the center of the Octagon he is in green Israel out of Sonya is in Black third round and both of them have been down [Applause] starting to find his Groove now and now you see Calvin with a different style that up on the feet light on his feet style we’ve seen that many times in the past from him before I believe he fights better when he fights like that what he can’t do is just stay on the edge let us Anya dictate early in the fight he was the one dictating the engagements second round Israel dictated everything and he had all that success because of it well on DC you can speak to being on the wrong end of a reach situation when you’re giving up eight and a half inches you’ve got to be precise you got to just get close man [Applause] foreign keeps his hands way low he’s got great vision when Israel throws that right hand he’s moving out just a little bit of the way but it’s when it lands when he missed times in a little bit is when he’s getting really stoned yeah both guys are keeping their hands very low in this fight a lot of faints here from gasoline eats the body kick from arasanya [Applause] all these subtle shifts in footwork just like Joe said he’s got an encyclopedia of knowledge in terms of striking and right now he’s got Kelvin just guessing [Applause] Calvin’s got to be careful as he engages like that that spinning elbow is there for him oh beautiful stab Kelvin oh hi kick wow tremendous exchange on both sides under three minutes here round three [Applause] coach cardero said he said don’t stop in front of him he’s touching you because you’re stopping Kelvin don’t stop in front of him [Music] strike numbers slight Advantage for the last dial Bender 21-19 [Applause] at total there oh knocks me to the body there by adesanya that was nice right hand I mean those right hands are landing so clean for Israel yeah they’re just so crisp the timing look at that [Applause] you cannot yeah gets a good Striker like that you can’t be looping punches you got to be on the middle just like him gasoline’s looping too much look at that now he’s out of position and Edison he’s countering yeah he’s having a hard time with his reach [Applause] 29 in terms of these strikes landed [Music] thank you good head movement from gas to Lemon then lands a shot of his own [Applause] when he is able to evade and he’s in position to counter he’s got to just let everything go like right here that’s big he gets the takedown beautiful oh but he did a good job of keeping Edison from getting to the fence with his back oh nice push off by Israel and that is big for Israel out of Sanya gasoline able to do much with that takedown huge [Applause] the upper body defensive movement from arasania just narrowly evading these shots from enhanced so low too John it’s so dangerous because you’re one inch away from getting slept but he’s so comfortable and confident in there and gas will do the same thing things kelvin’s punches seem more labored and slower towards the end of this round that was the first takedown landed for gasoline since November 2015 against Neil magni hasn’t needed to lean on the offensive wrestling doing okay in this round he’s not a wife he’s not getting washed out this is a good run to fighting very close [Applause] [Music] he and Chip rounds beckon down to the final 10 minutes Israel out of Sonya and Kelvin gaslum one man becomes the UFC interim middleweight champion and sets up a date later in 2019 with the Undisputed King of the 85ers the reaper Robert Whittaker round four is upon us [Applause] Rafael Cordero looking for more volume out of his pupil Kelvin Gastelum [Applause] Kelvin picking up the pace he has to that slow pace where they’re just trading technique for technique is too slow Israel will always win that he’s got to just make it ugly make it dirty and then he can get it tight to both attacks from takedowns the fight at least to make it thank you [Applause] s take down defense near 90 percent it’s held up tonight [Music] [Applause] oh beautiful knee to the body [Applause] as well could be closed both of you [Applause] oh yeah [Applause] the significant strikes landed 56 out of Sonya 35 for Gastelum oh Castle didn’t even Flinch he ducked his head into that when he got hit on top of the head instead of the chin nice jab by Gaston [Applause] some swelling around that left eye for anasania [Applause] foreign just rolls with the punches to prevent unnecessary damage gasoline there on the way in Calvin just keeps coming up short great Movement by adesanya Calvin’s in on him in the clinch [Music] [Applause] he has certainly been the busier offensive fighter here through two and a half minutes in round four gasoline fighting with a lot of pressure right now good inside low kick but guessing a lot of forward pressure in round four looks like arasani is now cut I believe I believe so at the right eye yeah that forward pressure is going to be very important for gasoline these last couple rounds [Applause] and he caught him there oh all right nice straight ride from arasania wow what a fight what a fight both Landing two Gaston has landed a lot of Jabs now the side just landed some really good right hands this is a great fight nice inside LED kicked by Israel partially lands that left hand you see he’s Advanced 37 percent of the time in this fourth round yeah he does better inside the exchanges because when he’s on the outside his attack is just a little bit too predictable it’s a looping right hand to set it up and then a left hand yes [Applause] see in these wild exchanges that’s when kelvin’s at his best yes he’s doing well there oh he goes High look at that oh man [Applause] guess who needs to pour it on instead he chooses to change levels he had him heard I think he’s still got him hurt now on a song you throw some offense oh under 30 seconds here round four the son you’re really starting to wear it swelling in the lips under both eyes are you trying to look down and kick high with that question mark kick oh caught him again Israel may be getting tired if Edison you won the first round I feel like this may be gastro’s wrong it could be 2-2 going into the fifth 20 minutes down wow gasoline raises his hands right here you see Kelvin gasman pursuing the jab that little hook straight left barely misses but he’s touching Israel right here again look at the style Bender boom right hand down the middle then again barely missing Gaslamp just look at this exchange by these two men [Applause] the pipe I mean what a round of fighting gasoline fired up feeling good had to throw five wow it all comes down to this the final five minutes to determine the UFC’s hit on a middleweight champion both guys known for having tremendous cardio and both ready to go here to try to secure a UFC title coach cardero was so animated in between rounds telling them now go get this belt Jam [Applause] Israel is going to have to stop him from pressuring him early in this round he’s got to take the momentum back from Kelvin gaslin the addition of the kicks particularly that high kick was a real shocker yeah for Kelvin I mean he’s been throwing those low kicks but landed on the neck of Israel arasanya that that being a changing moment in this fight all right and he worked there for matasanya but huge volume from gas Solomon round four kick to the phase by Israel oh left hand landed Calvin gaslin takes a punch as good as any man that ever lived because he rolls it a little bit right it barely hits him it doesn’t hit him clean both of them they don’t land clean on each other these guys have tremendous head movement everything’s skimming them instead of Landing straight on huge right [Applause] now this is good for Kelvin I understand you’re looking to try to set up a triangle very slow he’s got to use it to swing a little bit it’s not quite nice again just over three minutes now to go wow what a fight get the bonus checks ready [Applause] right now [Applause] on the line oh man this is crazy this is crazy but Israel’s been more active this round he’s done exactly what he needed to do took the momentum back now naughty Earnest is on gasoline to try to build back in this last two and a half minutes [Applause] [Music] he snapped his neck back with that one [Applause] so a huge response from the Kiwi here in this Fifth and final round he can’t miss with that right hand that one’s in real trouble he’s in real trouble he keeps getting stung with that right hand yep and now style Bender’s got his number [Applause] [Music] [Applause] pressures him [Applause] well this is how you want to go about winning a UFC title this is going to be hugely satisfying for whoever has their hand raised if we get there [Applause] under 90 seconds now to go Edison has really fought well in his fifth round yeah he’s risen to the occasion kelvin’s a step behind right now in round five [Applause] he’s fighting as he was earlier he stood on the edge and Edison started to piece him up how about the hearts beating inside these two gentlemen incredible big elbows there by arasania big road by Israel and Sonya when you’re chasing the championship and in round five this is how you gotta fight we have had some epic middleweight title fights and another one here in trouble performed [Applause] guest room’s exhausted he’s very hurt he’s barely there anymore oh my God the spray of blood oh they can stop this fight final 10 seconds in Castle goes down stop it wow wow my goodness here we go fifth round boom right hand Addison is accuracy and precision and how about this they go to the ground outside he throws up a triangle almost cinches it wasn’t so sweaty and slippery and if Kelvin he announces good defense Bing look at that left hand [Applause] this could be a 10-7 round folks this could be the Clincher and this could be what wins out of Sonya the title his ability to stay accurate and Technical in the fifth and final round and what part by Calvin guesswell amazing just incredible so much respect for these athletes tonight as they give us one for the ages ladies and gentlemen after five rounds we go to the judges scorecards for decision all three judges score this contest 48-46 for the winner by unanimous decision and new [Applause] hello [Applause]