Has Yoel ever fought striker of Whittaker's calibre?

[CrimsonFan]

Did jacare take down and control yoel?

Only after Yoel beat the shit out of him for 5 minutes and gassed out.

The key to beating Yoel

Not sure about that.

Yoel does have a bunch of 3rd round stoppages.

Hes really good at conserving his energy.. and then he waits for the right moment to explode. Yoel is great, I think he beats everyone tbh. His fight IQ is extremely high and he has the best wrestling in the division by a mile. But he does have a ton of muscle and cuts a lot. I think if someone can drag him into the championship rounds they can find success.

Or just deck him like Feijo (sp?) did.


Basically when both fighters are fresh at 185 Yoel is goat

 

[The Witcher]

Yoel takes down whoever he wants

Maybe, but can he keep him there? The best wrestler against the best tdd in the division.

 

[thobra]

Kinda scared for my man Yoel, must say.
But i'm always unconfident in my favourite fights, so i guess it's nothing new.

Bisping is probably the most technical And best kickboxing in the current mw division, so if Romero struggles with Whittaker, he will have a big problem.

I think this will be a good test before a titleshot.

 

[Subdepth]

Do you think the fight even gets to the ground? Are all oranges orange? Is it true Crown Royal now has a vanilla flavor?

 

[ArtemV]

Has Whitaker ever fought a wrestler of Yoel's caliber?

No, but Yoel isn't really good at controlling guys, or maybe Whittaker is great at standing back up... but I don't think Romero's wrestling will play a threat in this. If it is 3 rounds then sure; but if it is 5 rounds, I think Whittaker has a great chance here.

 

[ElCasca]

Whoever wins dismantles Bisping anyways