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Jacare Souza is looking to run things back with Yoel Romero or Kelvin Gastelum if he beats Uriah Hall at UFC 249. Souza is currently on a two-fight losing streak where he lost to Jan Blachowicz and Jack Hermansson. Yet, the Brazilain believes he can ge…
Jacare Souza is looking to run things back with Yoel Romero or Kelvin Gastelum if he beats Uriah Hall at UFC 249. Souza is currently on a two-fight losing streak where he lost to Jan Blachowicz and Jack Hermansson. Yet, the Brazilain believes he can get back into the win column against Hall. He also […]
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UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya maintains he was there to fight against Yoel Romero. The pair collided in the UFC 248 headliner in March in what was a highly-anticipated middleweight title matchup. However, the contest was a letdown with minimal action from both sides over the course of the 25 minute affair. Adesanya — who […]
UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya maintains he was there to fight against Yoel Romero.
The pair collided in the UFC 248 headliner in March in what was a highly-anticipated middleweight title matchup. However, the contest was a letdown with minimal action from both sides over the course of the 25 minute affair.
Adesanya — who ended up winning the unanimous decision verdict — received his fair share of criticism afterward even though Romero could have done a lot more to engage with him. And based on how the fight went, “The Last Stylebender” still believes only one of them came with the intention of competing.
“I was there to fight,” Adesanya told MMA Fighting. “I was there actually attacking, probing, being smart about it. His first chance was when he actually punched my eyeball and sent my eyeball into the back of my skull. That was his chance. Anyone could see, ‘He’s compromised, attack the guy, he’s compromised,’ but he stood there still for like another two minutes.
“That just showed me he didn’t want to fight. He was just hoping I’d make the same mistake twice. I’m not going to make the same mistake twice. It was like he was expecting me to stand there and get hit. Bro, you stood there, you forced my hand to move, I made a mistake. I got a hard head, he didn’t drop me. That hit me in the eye completely. Did not wobble me. Did not shake me. Did not rock me. Did not drop me.”
After Romero caught Adesanya with that punch in the first round, the latter adjusted his game plan so he wouldn’t be caught again.
He utilized leg kicks to great effect while avoiding Romero whenever he did attempt to aggressively come forward. For some, that was Adesanya being scared. But the New Zealander doesn’t care about criticism from the fans.
After all, he came away virtually unscathed from a fight with Romero.
“I don’t give a f*ck what these drunks are thinking about in the crowd, all these fans, quote-unquote, I don’t really give a f*ck what they think,” Adesanya added. “I know for me, I wouldn’t be able to sleep with myself at night [if I lost by being reckless]. That’s what matters.”
What do you make of Adesanya’s performance nearly two months on from UFC 248?
We were close to seeing Yoel Romero vs. Chris Weidman once again next month. The pair of middleweights first met at UFC 205 back in November 2016 in what was a pretty even contest. That was until Romero exploded early on in the third round with a vicious flying knee that busted Weidman open and […]
We were close to seeing Yoel Romero vs. Chris Weidman once again next month.
The pair of middleweights first met at UFC 205 back in November 2016 in what was a pretty even contest. That was until Romero exploded early on in the third round with a vicious flying knee that busted Weidman open and quickly ended the fight.
Just over three years on, Weidman almost got his chance to exact revenge at UFC 250 on May 9 until an injury to Romero as well as the postponement of UFC events derailed those plans according the latter’s manager.
”They actually offered us Weidman for this next fight, but Yoel has an orbital eye injury, and I was waiting to see if I could get him cleared to fight May 9, and they canceled the event,” Malki Kawa said on an Instagram live video chat (via MMA Fighting).
Weidman was originally set to face Jack Hermansson at UFC Oklahoma City on May 2 next month. But due to the ongoing COVID-19 situation with Hermansson unable to travel, plans changed by the day as he accepted new opponents — including Romero.
Interestingly, it would have taken place at 205 pounds had the fight come to fruition. Romero has already gone on record stating why he prefers not to fight at light heavyweight.
But according to Kawa, it all depends on the circumstances.
”He might fight Weidman at 205, or anybody at 205 depending on how much time we have to get prepared,” Kawa added. “If not, he’s going to fight mostly at 185.”
Who would you have taken in a Romero vs. Weidman rematch?
Judging in mixed martial arts has been a huge topic this year as former referee ‘Big’ John McCarthy gave his thoughts on the matter. UFC 247 last month was a prime example of controversial and poor judging while the UFC 248 headliner between Israel Adesanya and Yoel Romero earlier this month also stirred up plenty […]
Judging in mixed martial arts has been a huge topic this year as former referee ‘Big’ John McCarthy gave his thoughts on the matter.
UFC 247 last month was a prime example of controversial and poor judging while the UFC 248 headliner between Israel Adesanya and Yoel Romero earlier this month also stirred up plenty of debate when it came to scoring fights.
Although McCarthy acknowledges judging is not easy, especially when the crowd can so easily influence them, the now-Bellator commentator explained how effectiveness should be the main criterion when it comes to scoring a fight.
“The biggest thing we have to have is the judges understanding the criteria that is given to them and how to use it and then understanding in a fight what is effective,” McCarthy told MMA Junkie Radio. “It’s not what is flashy. It’s not the guy that’s moving forward. It is what is the most effective element in that round. Who’s the guy that created the most dangerous situations for their opponent?
“It doesn’t matter if he’s chasing him down. It matters if he is doing the most effective damage during that round. That’s what the judges are looking for.”
McCarthy then brought up the example of Adesanya vs. Romero which saw “The Last Stylebender” come out on top via unanimous decision.
The first round of that middleweight title fight notably saw minimal action with Adesanya advancing more and attempting more strikes. However, Romero landed a huge right hand that ultimately won him the first round on all three judges’ scorecards.
Although McCarthy personally would have scored that round a 10-10, he can see why the judges gave it to Romero:
“Personally, I knew at the end of that (first) round, I knew that every judge, my son was one of those judges, I knew everyone was going to go with Yoel Romero because he landed the one big right hand,” McCarthy said. “You saw Israel rubbing his left eye, blinking his left eye because a knuckle caught him or something, but it showed that that punch had an effect. That’s what I’m talking about: Who affected the other the most?
“I wanted to give it a 10-10 because neither, in my opinion, neither guy deserved to win that round. You didn’t do enough to win that round. You didn’t do enough for me to say you actually get an advantage over your opponent now, having one point higher on the scorecard, but I knew when the round was over, they’re all going to give it to Yoel, and I probably would have to because that’s what the criteria tells me.”
What do you make of McCarthy’s comments? And did you score the first round to Romero as well?
Derrick Lewis is thankful to middleweights Israel Adesanya and Yoel Romero for putting on the most boring fight of all-time. ‘The Black Beast’ previously held that unwanted honour after sharing the cage with Francis Ngannou back at UFC 226 in 2018. Many expected an all-out war between two of the heaviest hitters on the planet. […]
‘The Black Beast’ previously held that unwanted honour after sharing the cage with Francis Ngannou back at UFC 226 in 2018. Many expected an all-out war between two of the heaviest hitters on the planet. Unfortunately, what we got was more akin to a staring contest with neither fighter willing to throw at all.
Lewis ended up getting the win, but he still wants to run it back and promises next time it will be a much more entertaining.
Speaking to Ariel Helwani on Instagram live, he said. “We gotta do a rematch, me and Francis, we gotta do a rematch. Man, we got to because I had back problems, and I wasn’t training the way I was supposed to for that fight. And so I’m on it now, so we got to. I guarantee it will be more entertaining than what it was. It’d be at least one punch more than it did last fight.”
Despite his want to give a better performance second time around, Lewis is happy that their boring fight has now been overshadowed by the UFC 248 main event between champion Adesanya and challenger Romero.
Both men were reluctant to engage throughout the 25-minute fight. It really was unfortunate as MMA fans had hyped the match-up for weeks and months beforehand.
“Yeah I watched it, and I’m happy it ended the way it did,” Lewis told Helwani. “Because everybody was giving me and Francis [Ngannou] hell for a long time, talking about how our fight being the boringest fight ever. So I’m glad that, they gotta have beat us, come on man,” Lewis laughed.
Which of these two UFC fights was the most boring off all time?
Jon Jones gave his thoughts on the Israel Adesanya vs. Yoel Romero fight at UFC 248 earlier this month. Adesanya defeated Romero via unanimous decision in what was a drab middleweight title fight with both fighters receiving criticism for their lack of activity. Although many felt Adesanya did enough to earn the win, some observers […]
Jon Jones gave his thoughts on the Israel Adesanya vs. Yoel Romero fight at UFC 248 earlier this month.
Adesanya defeated Romero via unanimous decision in what was a drab middleweight title fight with both fighters receiving criticism for their lack of activity. Although many felt Adesanya did enough to earn the win, some observers felt Romero also had a case for winning the contest.
Jones was undoubtedly keeping a close eye on the bout, not only because of his rivalry with Adesanya, but also because he is friends with Romero with the pair being managed by the same company.
And he seems to believe Adesanya did enough as well. However, his praise went to Romero considering how the fight went:
“Yoel is almost 10 years older than me and almost won that fight without using his wrestling. That’s all I’ll say,” Jones tweeted Wednesday.
Jones also sent a message to Romero a few days earlier:
“Bro you are a few years into stand up fighting and you stood with him for 25 minutes straight. I thought you represented yourself and your team very well. Would’ve loved to seen you be more versatile, using your wrestling and grappling, that would’ve made the difference. You fought him where he was best that [at] and was so close. Proud of you.”
It should be interesting to see if Adesanya decides to respond to Jones.
What do you make of Jones’ thoughts on the fight?