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.

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 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 14 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 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 won against Paulo Costa at UFC 298 on 17th February 2024 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Honda Center, Anaheim, United States.

Previous to that, 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.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Marvin Vettori at UFC Fight Night Paris on 3rd September 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Accor Arena, Paris, France.

Before that, 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.

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

Yoel Romero had stopped 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had been defeated by Vadim Nemkov at Bellator 297 on 16th June 2023 by unanimous decision in their Bellator Light Heavyweight championship fight at Wintrust Arena, Chicago, United States.

Previous to that, he was victorious against Melvin Manhoef at Bellator 285 on 23rd September 2022 by knockout in the 3rd round at 3Arena Dublin, Dublin, United Kingdom.

Going into that contest, he had won against Alex Polizzi at Bellator 280 on 6th May 2022 by knockout in the 3rd round at Accor Arena, Paris, France.

Before that, he had lost to Phil Davis at Bellator 266 on 18th September 2021 by split decision in their 3 round contest at SAP Center, San Jose, United States.

He had been beaten by Israel Adesanya at UFC 248 on 7th March 2020 by unanimous decision in their UFC Middleweight championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Activity check

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

Going to this contest, Robert Whittaker had last fought 6 months and 25 days ago, while Yoel Romero's last outing had been 1 year, 2 months and 26 days ago.

Whittaker's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 4 months and 25 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 5 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 18 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.6 rounds on average.

Romero's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 6 months and 4 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 25 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 19 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.8 rounds on average.

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