Whittaker vs Romero

Who won Whittaker vs Romero?

Robert Whittaker beat Yoel Romero by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest during the main event of UFC 213, on Saturday 8th July 2017 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

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

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).

Whittaker vs Romero stats

Robert Whittaker stepped into the octagon with a record of 18 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 12 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 10 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 83% knock out percentage over Whittaker's 50%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Whittaker had a large advantage over Romero, boasting a 28% 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 9 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.

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Whittaker's last 2 fights had come over a period of 7 years and 3 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 3 years, 6 months and 3 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 7 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.5 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Whittaker vs Romero?

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