UFC 225: Whittaker vs. Romero 2 [09-06] Results

[K1power]

Main Card
Middleweight Robert Whittaker (c) vs. Yoel Romero
Welterweight Rafael dos Anjos vs. Colby Covington
Women’s Featherweight Holly Holm vs. Megan Anderson
Heavyweight Andrei Arlovski vs. Tai Tuivasa
Welterweight CM Punk vs. Mike Jackson

Preliminary card (Fox Sports 1)
Heavyweight Alistair Overeem vs. Curtis Blaydes
Women's Strawweight Cláudia Gadelha vs. Carla Esparza
Featherweight Ricardo Lamas vs. Mirsad Bektić
Heavyweight Rashad Coulter vs. Chris de la Rocha

Preliminary card (UFC Fight Pass)
Light Heavyweight Rashad Evans vs. Anthony Smith
Flyweight Joseph Benavidez vs. Sergio Pettis
Lightweight Clay Guida vs. Charles Oliveira
Featherweight Mike Santiago vs. Dan Ige

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFC_225

[K1power]

Happening this Saturday!

Or is it..? DUN DUN DUNNNN!!

Man, just now noticed that Overeem is fighting and has been demoted to undercard, ugh..

Edit: Same for Rashad Evans, he's even further down. And yet somehow 0-1 CM Punk is on the main card. Yay UFC!

[h]

$$$ I don't even care anymore. CM Punk sells more tickets than Alistair Overeem. its sad but its true.

[K1power]

Really? I mean, how did the hype surrounding him even start.. was he that big a star as a rassler?

Even so, after how easily he lost his first fight shouldn't the hype have died at this point?

[h]

he was a MASSIVE star not only in the WWE but pro wrestling in general. and hes fighting in his home town. so no the hype didn't die. lol.

[K1power]

I guess it's just hard to imagine for me.

[h]

WWE > UFC

[K1power]

At this point that's almost an effortless accomplishment.

[h]

Romero missed weight by POINT TWO pounds. This is now a non title fight. I hope theyre paying Whittaker a billion dollars for fighting for nothing.

[K1power]

How many times has Romero missed weight at this point?

I'm starting to feel like the alarming emergence of 'weight fraud' may be one of the biggest underlying causes of so many UFC fights falling through: fighters are consistently trying to compete in weightclasses their bodies weren't meant for.

I've probably stated this before, but the punishment should be way WAY harsher for every repeat offender. Second time missing weight? 50% purse cut. Third time? You fight for free or you can find another promotion.

I feel like half the roster would move up to their actual weight and a lot less fights would fall through if the consequences would be more severe.

[samurai1]

This image is the most shocking photo I have ever seen in any combat sport... something that you only find on liveleak on isis videos or some shit like that

[K1power]

Jun 10, 2018 8:37:26 GMT 1 samurai1 said:

This image is the most shocking photo I have ever seen in any combat sport... something that you only find on liveleak on isis videos or some shit like that

Ask yourself this: If something is the most shocking thing you have ever seen, is it a good idea to post a giant version of it here?

No, it isn't. It's specifically mentioned in the forum rules. And while I'm certainly not the strictest guy with rules, I feel this should be a no-brainer.

I'm fine with posting pictures of fighter injuries, but only to a certain degree. This is a pretty gory looking photo and some visitors will be uncomfortable seeing it, so I removed it.

People who want to see it can google it themselves. I'm also fine with people posting a link to an article that contains pictures like that, because there usually are warnings before they show something like this.

[K1power]

On to the results.

Full Results
Main card (PPV now)
Robert Whittaker def. Yoel Romero via split decision
Colby Covington def. Rafael dos Anjos via unanimous decision
Holly Holm def. Megan Anderson via unanimous decision
Tai Tuivasa def. Andrei Arlovski via unanimous decision
Mike Jackson def. CM Punk via unanimous decision

Undercard
Curtis Blaydes def. Alistair Overeem via third-round TKO (2:56)
Claudia Gadelha def. Carla Esparza via split decision
Mirsad Bektic def. Ricardo Lamas via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 30-27)
Chris de la Rocha def. Rashad Coulter via second-round TKO (3:53)
Anthony Smith def. Rashad Evans via first-round KO (0:53)
Sergio Pettis def. Joseph Benavidez via split decision (28-29, 29-28, 30-27)
Charles Oliveira def, Clay Guida via submission (guillotine) (R1, 2:18)
Dan Ige def. Mike Santiago via first-round TKO (0:50)

www.mmafighting.com/2018/6/9/17443574/ufc-225-results-whittaker-vs-romero-2

[K1power]

Good to see Romero lost. What a surprise, CM Punk lost too. Who would have thought?

On to what I really want to talk about:
It's depressing to see that Alistair lost spectacularly again. Not in a sense that he was completely outclassed, because from what I read he was winning until the third round, but being on the receiving end of hellbows that make your face look like minced meat after having almost been decapitated by Ngannou can't be good.

We have to wonder: what's left for the Reem at 38?

He won't be winning the title anymore at this point, but aside from that I feel he has proven himself enough in the UFC.
Does anyone need him to stick around to become the gatekeeper for younger, hungrier fighters?

One scenario would be him going to Bellator, but that has not exactly gone smoothly for all the other UFC fighters that did and I feel it wouldn't for him either.

I actually think his best move - aside from retiring, but I don't see that happening - would be going back to kickboxing. The bigger gloves give him more of a fighting chance and while I don't want to be an advocate for roids, he'd have less restrictions there, depending on where he'd end up.

What do you guys think?

[samurai1]

Jun 10, 2018 10:39:48 GMT 1 K1power said:

Good to see Romero lost. What a surprise, CM Punk lost too. Who would have thought?

On to what I really want to talk about:
It's depressing to see that Alistair lost spectacularly again. Not in a sense that he was completely outclassed, because from what I read he was winning until the third round, but being on the receiving end of hellbows that make your face look like minced meat after having almost been decapitated by Ngannou can't be good.

We have to wonder: what's left for the Reem at 38?

He won't be winning the title anymore at this point, but aside from that I feel he has proven himself enough in the UFC.
Does anyone need him to stick around to become the gatekeeper for younger, hungrier fighters?

One scenario would be him going to Bellator, but that has not exactly gone smoothly for all the other UFC fighters that did and I feel it wouldn't for him either.

I actually think his best move - aside from retiring, but I don't see that happening - would be going back to kickboxing. The bigger gloves give him more of a fighting chance and while I don't want to be an advocate for roids, he'd have less restrictions there, depending on where he'd end up.

What do you guys think?

I watched the fight live and blaydes was winning with ease. Other than a moment in round 2 when overeem rocked blaydes with a knee, he was easily dominated by him. Not only did blaydes took reem down at will, but he even won the stand up.

Reem should really hang them up. He was my favourite fighter in k-1, but right now he can't compete with the top guys and he is heading to a life of severe brain damage.