Robert Whittaker and Yoel Romero will perform it back again, as the two fighters will do battle for the second time in the main event of UFC 225. Whittaker, who won the first match at UFC 213, is your -260 favored with Romero coming back in +200.
The first fight between Whittaker and Romero performed as many people would have predicted, with Romero winning the early rounds because of his explosiveness and wrestling while Whittaker’s cardio vascular and volume striking ultimately won him the struggle in the later rounds.
Whittaker hasn’t fought since UFC 213, since he suffered a staph infection, which derailed a title defense against Luke Rockhold in UFC 221.
Romero stuffed in for the champion to compete against Rockhold and stepped into Whittaker’s sneakers. Romero won that fight using his striking more than his wrestling, as his power got to Rockhold and contributed to yet another third-round stoppage victory for»The Soldier of God.»
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