Whittaker vs Romero

Who won Whittaker vs Romero?

Robert Whittaker beat Yoel Romero by split decision in their 5 round contest during the main event of UFC 225, on Saturday 9th June 2018 at United Center in Chicago.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Robert Whittaker.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Whittaker vs Romero division, which meant the weight limit was pounds (0 stone or 0 KG).

Whittaker vs Romero stats

Robert Whittaker stepped into the octagon with a record of 19 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 5 by submission.

Yoel Romero made his way to the cage with a record of 13 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 11 of those wins coming by knock out.

Robert Whittaker's UFC record stood at 16-5-0, while Yoel Romero's came in at 9-4-0.

The stats suggested Romero had a massive power advantage over Whittaker, boasting a 85% knock out percentage over Whittaker's 47%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Whittaker had a large advantage over Romero, boasting a 26% submission rate over Romero's 0%.

Robert Whittaker was the younger man by 13 years, at 33 years old.

Whittaker was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 8 more fights, and made his debut in 2009, 9 months earlier than Romero, whose first professional fight was in 2009. He had fought 16 more professional rounds, 84 to Romero's 68.

Whittaker vs Romero form

Robert Whittaker had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Jared Cannonier at UFC 254 on 24th October 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Previous to that, he had beaten Darren Till at UFC Fight Island 3 on 25th July 2020 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Israel Adesanya at UFC 243 on 5th October 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round in their UFC Middleweight championship fight at Marvel Stadium, Melbourne, Australia.

Before that, he had defeated Yoel Romero at UFC 225 on 9th June 2018 by split decision in their 5 round contest at United Center, Chicago, United States.

He was victorious against Yoel Romero at UFC 213 on 8th July 2017 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Activity check

Whittaker's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 9 months and 18 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 4 months and 11 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 20 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 4 rounds on average.

Romero's last 3 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 5 months and 14 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 5 months and 25 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.7 rounds on average.

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