UFC 234 live blog: Adesanya vs. Silva

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 w