Robert Whittaker vs. Yoel Romero 2 Full Fight - EA Alter Egos Champion Series

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and immediately Whitaker doing what Romero that Romero did to him attacking that front leg with a side kick trying to hyperextend that knee what he did so well in the first fight was using that side of power the straight right hand the straight right kick always keeps Romero guessing that Romero has just been finished once as a pro in MMA he was FIA in 2011 this I think is an underrated part of Romero's game is that defense through some leg kicks his shin started bleeding he said it was like hitting steel Whitaker working with that early jab his coaches talk about his adaptability and his ability to make mid-fight adjustments Romero covers up to avoid that left hook that Whit delivers, one thing he does, man, he sets up this moment, you don't expect anything and from suddenly explodes, fights and is thrown away.

Romero has yet to pitch. one strike, there's a big left first strike, it's not a slip jab from Whitaker, it's been about two minutes here in the first round Jesus, everything he throws is like a grenade exploding, well he definitely has an idea, he's thrown two of those, what you are trying to do. It's connecting with a bomb, one thing that Robert Whitaker did that impressed me a lot in the first fight is that he tended to fight very high. What I mean by this is that he was never in a position to be caught by a flying knee, he was always with his chin bent.

He would stand a little more upright to avoid Yel Romero's explosive flying knee. He's very fast with that. Well, Romero has such a strange style of slow motion movement combined with superhuman speed. When you combine those two, it's very difficult to figure out what he is. A nice throw over the top catches him on the ear and Whitaker continues to attack that lead leg with that side kick. Many of Romero's finishes have materialized at the end of the UFC record. Six knockouts in the third round for the soldier of God. There's that left hand again. He mentioned an increase in Whitaker's kicking game in his last few fights, as how keeping that punch in his face always gives him something to worry about.

He now he win or lose tonight. Robert Whitaker will remain the undisputed UFC middleweight

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, that's a tall order. plays to swallow and if you think Whitaker would be happy walking here with the belt after a loss, you don't know Robert Whitaker, he really wants to win this fight which doesn't take any pressure off him and he keeps his body kick with the belt. it's there so the champion has less than a minute to start the first round Romero keeps that guard hot rero fails with the left hand counter so far he doesn't even try to take down the takedown all about that short left hook into an elbow there but using that left side It's interesting that he chose to do that and stay almost completely orthodox.

There is some power in that. That's the same left knee and leg that Whitaker injured so early in that first fight. He had a medial collateral ligament injury. He was aggravated by Romero. on Romero's right hand because he is not throwing many punches with his right hand, those two tonight the task is Joel Romero's side kick again, he is sliding very well with that side kick towards the front leg, who what is important to keep in mind is LEL Romero for years. All his life he has played a sport in which you have to explode for a period of 3 minutes.

He rewards you for exploding for a couple of minutes to get your energy exploding again. He has adapted that cardiovascular rhythm to his MMA career. That's how he fights in spurts. Robert Whitaker always keeps the pressure on with the jab, he's a little more efficient with his pace, little Romero is much more explosive in good and bad, interesting defensive tactic here with that forearm, yes, he's fighting very strangely and you have to wonder how compromised he is by that weight. cut Robert Whitaker's corner mentioned that he looked terrible yesterday, he looked terrible after he had a chance to partially rehydrate and do the ceremonial form, you look bad, but I would be very careful as Robert Whitaker's corner to say, hey, look in Perth, Australia, it looked horrible.

Perth, Australia had a horrible weight cut. Perth, Australia, he knocked out Luke Rockold in a similar way, it was like he was in that moment, boom boom bang, don't sleep with this guy, don't think he's weak or compromised, that's what he wants you for. To the right, I would say that too. Whitaker certainly isn't sleeping with Romero, but he was hoping for a different approach. You know, at this point in the first fight, he had already attempted eight or 10 takes. Downs hasn't tried a single one, yes. is fighting very hard right after this main event, don't miss a recap of all of tonight's action from Chicago on FS1's UFC 225 post-fight show.

Also streaming live on Fox Sports Go in Canada, you can find it on TSN. I'm at the corner. He said: I don't care if he starts blowing up a man, you stay behind the jab. I don't care what he does, it's strange and unorthodox, stay behind the jab with your game plan, keep separating it from the outside. Whiter is doing a great job with that front leg front leg front kick to the body side kick to the knee he just constantly sticks with that front leg and pointing those toes towards the midsection doesn't look like fun St kicks, toe sucking directly to attack the pretty body Well, it comes back effectively because of the way Y is fighting, it's like he has to win by KN, how about Joe and Jimmy's swelling in that right eye just closed?

That's so fast, that happens so fast, wow, that looks terrible, look how fast it happened to him, it can't. even seeing it out of that wow, that's amazing how quickly SW up comes out of nowhere, it looks like it could have been a blow on that side, just C, the bone right around the eye, this will give a sense of urgency to Y , sure. Because that's so bad that it could stop a fight, but also depth perception, once it's hard to get your punches to be a big high kick from the champion. Haven saw a commitment to take down Romero, that's surprising, something that doesn't require great depth perception. to explode with a double leg or a single leg, it's completely closed and it was almost harmless, it's getting worse normally when you see something like that you think fracture almost every time Romero starts to throw caution to the wind here maybe thinking that maybe it won't last 25 minutes this night it's crazy how they can hit you with 100 hits and that never happens.

He receives a strange one that silences what we are seeing in the replay. He looks like a jab, not even a big punch. The placement was correct. Romero landed some significant blows. hits here, nice inside trip, I don't get it, he's fighting with a lot more urgency now that there's little fire underneath and the cutman can't get in soon enough to ATT 10 on that right eye of Yel Romero, who eats another jab here at the end of the second round, okay. right in the blue corner of yellow Romero really pushed that down, well it's still a big deal although oh oh Robert Whiter wants revenge for that big raised knee kick, he looks at the switch right in the center.

I think Robert Whiter is fighting with a lot less fear. the takedown, that's the right thing for Romero, where he's forced to retreat here, desperate time now trying to defeat the Olympic athlete, the one-legged Olympic silver medals, you know he's hurt when he comes back. Kimora catches Champs in big trouble. A big break from Robert. Whitaker trying to stay here crazy start in this third round and a definitive window of opportunity for Romero, who connects an oh Robert hook with an elbow that forced the change of level of Romero, who lands again from one side to the other, no one backs down , they are on the forehead.

To throw to the front, there is a lot of time left in this round and Yoa Romero just emptied the gas tank, but Robert W absolutely rocked, you can't doubt that he is eating some big shots, no doubt, but he was not compromised coming to this fight. for a brutal weight cut that can be the difference that can certainly be the difference right now the elbow for Whitaker lands Rush three minutes still remains on top only Robert Whitaker knows how badly injured he has recovered how much he has recovered nice spinning elbow exactly what Looked like he was coming Robert Whitaker way, man that's Y Romero's power in this fight, awesome, but man, Whitaker hit a big gas knee to the body, look at that open jaw, he's just taking a breather.

Here Romero had a body. block briefly two minutes left oh my god my heart can't take it this is a crazy fight we need a doctor for Joe Logan but we're not going to stop looking at jab no way wow Romero Wood's left hand has than move yours. head and survive another minute and a half he needs that minute in my opinion oh how he's hurt oh Romero with punches and bunches here REO forc to get around this is crazy P kicking the Whitaker now one of the best rounds of the year to date and still There is one minute left both fighters refuse to fall somehow they stay standing wow and maybe due to exhaustion Whitaker falls now he goes up again I think this rest benefits the whites a little more.

I know Romero is tired but Persona, I'd rather be tired than be shaken whiter, he's definitely shaken, everyone's standing here inside the United Center, big deep breath from Yoel Romero as we count down the final seconds of the round. An incredible turn of events as Joel Romero stuns Robert Whitaker early in the third round. The cuts have work to do and now they enter the championship rounds, of course the middleweight championship is not on the line for Yel Romero after he missed Wade here on Friday. The big question going into this fourth round is what each fighter who returned to the bench did.

Robert Whitaker clears his head if he recovered as much as he recovered from the damage he received in the last round. And Romero got the power twist from him? You can see him preparing it, we see him carrying his hips, do it right there and he got trapped. the kick maybe Romero is just trying to rest a little here he hasn't thrown much during the first minute of the round everything is going to that side that he can't see that very swollen right eye that's where he is kicking a good jab from Whitaker with which He's been stuck with that gun all night oh serious hyperextension on that knee I mean he's really willing to attack that and that for nothing Whitaker is looking for a groin shot to stop the action and you most likely know it , it was AC but it was a good shot to bring a deep rest period here a heel to the accidental cup Dan mlana says it was accidental and as many of you know, Romero will have 5 minutes to recover if I'm his corner man, I'm Screaming, take your damn time, right? everything, as much as you can, who is a translator, I mean, you can take as much time as you want here, which is interesting, you have 5 minutes right, yeah, so you can decide to just wait until this 100 passes, don't expect that the impulse comes.

For him, okay, no, you have time, I mean, he is internationally aggressive, his territories are the toes and then the heel also rose and of course on the other side, Robert Whiter was able to rest and recover, also, it was accidental, just touch GL, good job. ready, time to get back on track here in this fourth round, three and a half to go and they really handled the swelling well under Romero High, not as much as Whitaker Romero Ducks' previous triple jab under that kick attempt on the head once more. I wonder about that right hand, almost exclusively the left, yes, Whiter doesn't throw that right hand anymore, it's most likely broken, he said, the best place to break your hand is the O.

I totally disagree. I don't think of any place I'd rather break down. hand that with yel Romero looking at me trying to knock me out just throw that out there it's going to be interesting to see if his corner got up right in the r cor yeah because it seems obvious now he's just not throwing I mean it clearly favors Romero a couple of left kicks on that right arm they wouldn't hurt if fr is doing what he's doing probably one handed it's amazing one leg last time one hand tonight for Whitaker oh nice body shot from Romero, he landed 36 leg kicks two minutes to go end of the fourth round he threw that right hand over the top but throw it throw it throw it here his corner just throw it left hand champion's counter always always not necessarily fighting in this fourth round to win maybe saving for the fifth round but he landed there his ability to throw Vol not there, he's in a couple 203 he just hasn't had the gas to put together a sustained offensive that that attack is third in that round, there are no attempts to take me down, which is crazy considering he is a most talented fighter and as. many that he tried in the first fight thesame opponent totally different physical strategy six punches total Landing for a man in this round his corner pings him to advance greatly right from Romero last seconds here in this fourth round Jess wow wow so in the first fight did Romero have a good start tonight?

Whitaker is off to a good start and Romero's recovery has been devastating with that front leg side kick to the knee, oh one, two from Romero and Whitaker keeps coming every time Romero hits him, it hurts. him because he has the energy to follow through and finish the spinning back kick, that's crazy every time it hurts him, he's had to release it and his composure and by the way, this is a 41 year old Olympic athlete and 18 years later to win an Olympic silver medal facing Young Lion, the 27-year-old champion. Oh, throwing a jab at Whitaker, he's also probably one of the best representations of genetics the human race has ever known, so 41 doesn't really feature a guy like that.

I mean, they don't make many of them like that Bo Jackson, there's that's the list, phelp, you guys are monsters, that's what this guy is, yeah, he's a phenomenon among monsters, jley is getting to work. here tonight too R world of problems here trying to capitalize could have ended oh ler in real problems just over 3 minutes left to see the other one ahead in the play G Whitaker still with that still looking for the takedown just wants a little rest trying to hide his head in this one legged position, he has to move, he can't, he can't stay here.

Amazing, how about strength and toughness to try to stay in this fight? He's not safe yet, far from it, yes. We don't know how much he's recovered, but he's definitely had a chance while he's down here, oh, big elbow, big knee, rabbit. Robert Rer is currently fighting with guts and heart, that's possible, to kick his legs out from under him in less than two minutes. Now his first fight was a classic second act, just as good if not better, does he have the ability to explode out of this position, he has to be careful with the placement of that knee, they are right in front of us and they are absolutely Exhausted, people in Sh Will.

Robert Whitaker stands up, spits out some blood and kicks Romero once again. What is Robert Whitaker made of? Because he's not fresh and Bone, like us, is still in this fight. He is amazing and Romero. corner just going crazy we were trying to get him to Romero he has to stop this fight you have to think that he is most likely behind hands up hands up hands up you just have to wonder how long he has left back to the center of the octagon alone About 30 seconds left this fifth and final round of a fight that had everything.

What is going to happen in these last 20 seconds? Does Whitaker think he has it in the bag and stays behind the jab? Romero looks for a final explosion for Whitaker's final kick Scoring, ladies and gentlemen, after five rounds, we go to the judges' scorecards to make a YES decision. model scores the contest 4847 Romero R Pacho scores it 4847 Wier and Chris Lee scores the contest 4847 for the split decision winner Robert with him