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.

This was Robert Whittaker's 22nd fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2012.

Robert Whittaker's UFC record stood at 17-5-0, 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 14 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 17 more professional rounds, 85 to Romero's 68.

Whittaker vs Romero form

Robert Whittaker had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Dricus Du Plessis at UFC 290 on 8th July 2023 by knockout in the 2nd round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Marvin Vettori at UFC Fight Night Paris on 3rd September 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Accor Arena, Paris, France.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Israel Adesanya at UFC 271 on 12th February 2022 by unanimous decision in their UFC Middleweight championship fight at Toyota Center, Houston, United States.

Before that, he had beaten Kelvin Gastelum at UFC Vegas 24 on 17th April 2021 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had defeated 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.

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Whittaker's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years and 9 months, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months. In those fights, he fought a total of 18 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.6 rounds on average.

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