GDT: UFC 234: Whittaker vs. Gastelum

[Sheppy]

Terrible for everyone involved. This sport is so crazy that we can't even relax after everything goes well with the weigh-ins.

One fight PPV now.

It’s worse than a fight night card in India.

 

[m9]

They need to make this a free card. They won’t, but they should.

It's hard with how PPV works. The easiest solution is tell people if they buy tonight's card through fight pass they will get UFC235 for free. Not sure if they will do it, but that should be the plan.

 

[dss97]

I’ll probably tune in for one fight now.

f*** sakes I’ve been looking forward to this one for a while now

 

[pistolpete11]

Whaaaaaaaaat!?!

This really sucks. Sucks for Whittaker, Gastelum, the UFC, the Aussie fans.

 

[Avs_19]

Is the main event five rounds or three?

 

[m9]

I should wait until more details come out, but this is brutal on Whittaker's part. Likely he knew about the hernia for some time and was trying to fight through it and maybe have the surgery after the fight.

I've had a hernia, some days it hurts and some days it doesn't. Guess he had a bad day and the MRI showed that it had gotten worse.

 

[m9]

Is the main event five rounds or three?

Sounds like 3.

 

[1specter]

I should wait until more details come out, but this is brutal on Whittaker's part. Likely he knew about the hernia for some time and was trying to fight through it and maybe have the surgery after the fight.

I've had a hernia, some days it hurts and some days it doesn't. Guess he had a bad day and the MRI showed that it had gotten worse.

Whittaker is a bandaid unfortunately. Real shame cause he's such a complete fighter and has potential to be an all time great. Still young too.

 

[1specter]

Whaaaaaaaaat!?!

This really sucks. Sucks for Whittaker, Gastelum, the UFC, the Aussie fans.

I believe last time UFC had an event planned in Australia Whittaker had to pull out of that one too

 

[m9]

I should wait until more details come out, but this is brutal on Whittaker's part. Likely he knew about the hernia for some time and was trying to fight through it and maybe have the surgery after the fight.

I've had a hernia, some days it hurts and some days it doesn't. Guess he had a bad day and the MRI showed that it had gotten worse.

Just to add, Whittaker apparently had bloating, abdominal pain and vomiting late last night.

If you eat too much or eat too late (before bed) with a hernia, these exact things will happen. Have to think the weight cut, weigh in, and then what I assume was him eating alot afterwards were the triggers.

 

[Canes]

So many pullout merchants in the UFC, so little time

 

[pistolpete11]

I believe last time UFC had an event planned in Australia Whittaker had to pull out of that one too

Yep. He was supposed to fight Rockhold in Australia, but pulled out. Romero stepped in for an interim belt, but he missed weight.

 

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

So is this a free card now? because there is no way they should be able to charge $60+ for this now.

I usually buy every PPV I don't know if I can justify buying this even if it is Silva's last fight

 

[BGDDYKWL]

I know you can't always plan for freak occurrences like this but they really need to have a top 5ish fighter show up and make weight as a fill-in. Sure it costs you $20k-$50k or whatever but it's peanuts in the scheme of things.

 

[Peter Griffin]

I had a funny feeling something bad was going to happen to one of the top two fights on this card.

If it was Gastelum that had pulled out, I wonder if they would've offered Adesanya the title shot? On that same note, I wonder if there was any discussion about bumping him up to fight Gastelum for an interim belt?

Either way, glad I'm watching this one at the bar!

 

[pistolpete11]

I know you can't always plan for freak occurrences like this but they really need to have a top 5ish fighter show up and make weight as a fill-in. Sure it costs you $20k-$50k or whatever but it's peanuts in the scheme of things.

For a PPV card that was only 2 fights deep to begin with and a headliner that has had numerous injury problems, yeah, a back up plan would have been a good idea.

 

[LSCII]

Whittaker is too fragile...

 

[BGDDYKWL]

Sonnen, Cerrone Offer To Save UFC 234’s Main Event

 

[Jasper]

The next PPV prelims are a lot better than this main card. I hope Silva can perform some sort of his old magic for an interesting main event but don't expect it after another two years.

 

[Sheppy]

Still can’t believe they didn’t discount the PPV at least. Like f***, make it $29.99 or something. No way I would pay $65 for this, and I wouldn’t if the main event was still intact either.

 

[Peter Griffin]

Still can’t believe they didn’t discount the PPV at least. Like ****, make it $29.99 or something. No way I would pay $65 for this, and I wouldn’t if the main event was still intact either.

I'm guessing there are a lot of people that just buy every PPV regardless of the quality. The UFC probably knows this and discounting at this point probably doesn't convince many people at all to buy it that normally wouldn't.

 

[m9]

Sonnen talking about how the UFC should go to "fight within 365 days or get stripped of the title" and I think it's time to just do it. That way it's a fair rule for everyone, no judgement calls.

That would be June for Whittaker, and there's no way he's ready for then.

 

[m9]

Once again, the fans trying to attend the UFC get really screwed. The last 3 PPV cards have been moved from Vegas to LA, cancelled entirely, and now this.

 

[Peter Griffin]

That would be June for Whittaker, and there's no way he's ready for then.

Probably really optimistic, but Dana said Whittaker would be out 4 weeks. I bet we see him back in April or May.

 

[dss97]

I wonder why the UFC hasn’t done a better job preparing for people dropping out of big fights on short notice.

Pay a guy like Jacare to stay in shape as an alternate. The amount they’d pay him is nothing compared to the millions in ticket sales and PPV buys they’re going to lose tonight.