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Note: Partial work on this article done by Fernando Quiles Jr. Robert Whittaker has made his viewpoint on failed weight cuts clear. On June 9, Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) middleweight title holder Whittaker will defend his gold against Yoel Ro…
Note: Partial work on this article done by Fernando Quiles Jr. Robert Whittaker has made his viewpoint on failed weight cuts clear. On June 9, Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) middleweight title holder Whittaker will defend his gold against Yoel Romero. The bout will headline UFC 225 inside the United Center in Chicago, Illinois. It’ll be the […]
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Robert Whittaker had his own media scrum at UFC 223 tonight (April 7) inside the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY. The UFC middleweight champion talked about Yoel Romero’s failed weight cut in his last outing, and fighting on the UFC 225 card. Che…
Robert Whittaker had his own media scrum at UFC 223 tonight (April 7) inside the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY. The UFC middleweight champion talked about Yoel Romero’s failed weight cut in his last outing, and fighting on the UFC 225 card. Check out the scrum above.
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UFC middleweight champion Robert Whittaker is going into UFC 225 with some questions. It’s well known that the UFC champ will fight #1 contender Yoel Romero at this upcoming UFC pay-per-view event. Whittaker won the interim title when he beat Romero ba…
UFC middleweight champion Robert Whittaker is going into UFC 225 with some questions. It’s well known that the UFC champ will fight #1 contender Yoel Romero at this upcoming UFC pay-per-view event. Whittaker won the interim title when he beat Romero back at UFC 213 in July. Then the promotion made him the champion after […]
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UFC middleweight champion Robert Whittaker has revealed the reason he would not fight #1 contender Yoel Romero at UFC 225. Whittaker won the interim title when he beat Romero back at UFC 213 in July. Then the promotion made him the champion after Georges St-Pierre vacated the strap due to a medical condition in December […]
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UFC middleweight champion Robert Whittaker has revealed the reason he would not fight #1 contender Yoel Romero at UFC 225.
Whittaker won the interim title when he beat Romero back at UFC 213 in July. Then the promotion made him the champion after Georges St-Pierre vacated the strap due to a medical condition in December after beating Michael Bisping at UFC 217 to win it.
As a result of Whittaker dealing with a staph infection in his stomach and did not receive proper treatment, he was forced to withdraw from his first title defense against Luke Rockhold at UFC 221.
This led to the promotion booking an interim title bout between top contenders Rockhold and Romero.
With Romero picking up the win over Rockhold, he is the clear #1 contender for the title. If you recall, that fight almost didn’t happen due to Romero missing weight.
So let’s dive into why Romero missed weight for the main event fight. He went on record by telling the media that he had a diet plan laid out for his originally scheduled fight, which would’ve been at UFC on FOX 28 in two weeks later.
Once he decided that he would accept this fight with Rockhold, he claims that he had to change things and it “messed up a little bit for the weight cut.”
It’s a deal breaker if Romero misses weight for this fight, according to Whittaker who recently explained why that would be the case during a recent interview with Submission Radio (transcript courtesy of MMA Mania)
“I don’t understand anyone who takes fights when their opponent doesn’t make weight. It’s like, if you rock up at 87 kilos, which is what Romero did – It was like 86 kilos or something like that – then why don’t I rock up at 95 (kgs)? What’s the difference?
We’re both not making weight, we’re both not professional enough to do it, you know? And the weight cut is directly influential to the fight itself. I think not making weight is the most unprofessional thing you can do.
It’s as bad as just not showing up for the fight itself. So, if you don’t make weight, I’m not fighting you. I’ll give the shot to someone else who can make the weight, who can do their freaking job.”
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Yoel Romero is quite possibly the most immovable force in the UFC middleweight division. The Cuban wrestling powerhouse proved why he’s the only real contender for current champion Robert Whittaker’s belt by knocking out Luke Rockhold in the main event of February 10’s UFC 222 from Perth, Australia. The finish was so dominant (and strange) […]
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Yoel Romero is quite possibly the most immovable force in the UFC middleweight division.
The Cuban wrestling powerhouse proved why he’s the only real contender for current champion Robert Whittaker’s belt by knocking out Luke Rockhold in the main event of February 10’s UFC 222 from Perth, Australia.
The finish was so dominant (and strange) that UFC president Dana White confirmed ‘The Soldier of God’ would rematch Whittaker, whom he lost a close decision to at UFC 213 last July, shortly after he shut Rockhold’s lights out and kissed him on the lips while he was dazed.
The closely-matched bout remains without a date as Whittaker recovers from the staph infection that forced him out of the original UFC 222 main event, but during a recent appearance on The Joe Rogan Experience MMA Show (via MMA Fighting), he appeared to announce he would be rematching Whittaker on June 9, the date of UFC 225 from Chicago, Ill.:
“Let’s just wait until June 9th,” Romero said when questioned how a rematch with “The Reaper” would play out.
The nightmare-inducing knockout artist was up on the cards in the opening rounds of his first match-up with Whittaker, yet appeared to gas in the championship frames and give the New Zealand-born slugger an opening to steal the fight.
After the loss, Romero thought he didn’t quite take it seriously enough.
He knows what he did wrong, and detailed how he went to JacksonWink MMA in Albuquerque to train with suspended former light heavyweight champion Jon Jones in an effort to more efficiently use his explosive energy:
“After the [Whittaker] fight, my manager said that when he saw me I had a big smile on my face. I was very happy. I didn’t take that loss as serious as I should have. [I was happy because] I learned. And now you see what happened with Luke Rockhold. I learned about timing.
“Listen, people talk about my ‘gas’ but it wasn’t easy to fight Luke Rockhold. I went to Albuquerque with Jon Jones and I learned something. They controlled my attacks, so I learned when to attack. If you go, go, go, you will get tired. So I had to learn to pace myself. I don’t have a problem with five rounds now.”
Despite a few solid fights being announced for UFC 225, there has been no main event officially unveiled.
Is it the perfect place for “The Soldier of God” to get his next shot at the returning ‘Reaper?’
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There was speculation that this fight would go down at the UFC 225 PPV event and it is looking like that will happen. UFC middleweight champion Robert Whittaker recently challenged #1 contender Yoel Romero for a title fight at the upcoming pay-per-view event via Twitter. During a recent appearance on The Joe Rogan Experience MMA […]
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There was speculation that this fight would go down at the UFC 225 PPV event and it is looking like that will happen.
UFC middleweight champion Robert Whittaker recently challenged #1 contender Yoel Romero for a title fight at the upcoming pay-per-view event via Twitter.
During a recent appearance on The Joe Rogan Experience MMA Show (transcript courtesy of MMA Fighting), Romero claimed that he would be challenging Whittaker for the middleweight title at this event.
The UFC 225 pay-per-view event is scheduled to go down on Saturday, June 9, 2018, at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois.
The main card will air on pay-per-view at 10 p.m. ET while the preliminary card will air on FOX Sports 1 at 8 p.m. ET and the promotion’s streaming service, UFC Fight Pass.
“Let’s just wait until June 9th,” Romero said when asked how a rematch with Whittaker would look. “After the [Whittaker] fight, my manager said that when he saw me I had a big smile on my face,” said Romero. “I was very happy. I didn’t take that loss as serious as I should have. [I was happy because] I learned. And now you see what happened with Luke Rockhold. I learned about timing.
“Listen, people talk about my ‘gas’ but it wasn’t easy to fight Luke Rockhold. I went to Albuquerque with Jon Jones and I learned something. They controlled my attacks, so I learned when to attack. If you go, go, go, you will get tired. So I had to learn to pace myself. I don’t have a problem with five rounds now.”
Curtis Blaydes vs. Alistair Overeem, Rashad Evans vs. Anthony Smith, Rashad Coulter vs. Allen Crowder, Claudia Gadelha taking on Carla Esparza, and Joseph Benavidez meeting Sergio Pettis have already been confirmed for the upcoming event.
Whittaker won the interim title when he beat Romero back at UFC 213 in July. Then the promotion made him the champion after Georges St-Pierre vacated the strap due to a medical condition in December after beating Michael Bisping at UFC 217 to win it.
As a result of Whittaker dealing with a staph infection in his stomach and did not receive proper treatment, he was forced to withdraw from his first title defense against Luke Rockhold at UFC 221.
This led to the promotion booking an interim title bout between top contenders Rockhold and Romero.
With Romero picking up the win over Rockhold, he is the clear #1 contender for the title.
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