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 as in favor of 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 loses 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 loses and 0 draws, with 11 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested Romero had a massive power advantage over Whittaker, boosting at 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 at 26% submission rate over Romero's 0%.

Robert Whittaker was the younger man by 13 years, at 32 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 19 more professional rounds, 79 to Romero's 60.

Activity check

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

Going to this contest, Robert Whittaker had last fought 5 years, 8 months and 22 days ago, while Yoel Romero's last outing had been 5 years, 1 month and 20 days ago.

Whittaker's last 2 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 11 months and 15 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 11 months and 22 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 7 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.5 rounds on average.

Romero's last 2 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 8 months and 22 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 10 months and 10 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 8 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 4 rounds on average.

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