Romero vs Rockhold

Who won Romero vs Rockhold?

Yoel Romero beat Luke Rockhold by during the main event of UFC 221, on Saturday 10th February 2018 at Perth Arena in Perth.

The scorecards were announced as in favor of winner Yoel Romero.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Middleweight division, which meant the weight limit was 185 pounds (13.2 stone or 83.9 KG).

Romero vs Rockhold stats

Yoel Romero stepped into the octagon with a record of 12 wins, 2 loses and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Luke Rockhold made his way to the cage with a record of 16 wins, 3 loses and 0 draws, with 6 of those wins by knock out and 8 by submission.

The stats suggested Romero had a massive power advantage over Rockhold, boasting at 83% knock out percentage over Rockhold's 38%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Rockhold had a massive advantage over Romero, boosting at 50% submission rate over Romero's 0%.

Yoel Romero was the older man by 7 years, at 45 years old.

Rockhold had a height advantage of 3 inches over Romero. That also extended to a 3-inch reach advantage.

Romero was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 5 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2009, 2 year and 4 months later than Rockhold, whose first professional fight was in 2007. He had fought 19 more professional rounds, 60 to Rockhold's 41.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Luke Rockhold had been fighting more than Yoel Romero.

Going to this contest, Yoel Romero had last fought 5 years, 8 months and 17 days ago, while Luke Rockhold's last outing had been 5 years, 6 months and 9 days ago.

What were the odds on Romero vs Rockhold?

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