Romero typically has a little feeling out process and then if you don't give him anything he'll pressure you and go for the kill like he did to Rockhold and Whitaker.
Izzy fought on the outside and counterstruck like he always does. Romero is the one who fought completely uncharacteristic in that fight
Well why didn't Romero risk going for the kill against Adesanya like he did Luke and Rob when he was down on points?
Babykicks? The same hardass kicks Adesanya was landing on Costa he landed on Romero you just couldn't see the damage because of his darker complexion. Why didn't he fight in the center with Romero like he did with others? Because he didn't need to, he lost one round in that fight because of a single punch landed by Romero, Adesanya's not the one who needed to take more risk in that fight
My thoughts exactly. He didn't even "swing and miss" . . . . he just didn't swing. At all. Just lots of show-boating and getting tagged in the legs. Good for Izzy, but I (and I think all of us) wanted an exciting barn-burner.
Romero was terrified to engage Adesanya.
Without taking anything away from Israel (he looked great and did what he said he would do) I want to see him in an MMA fight. OF COURSE he's going to beat average MMA-boxers, just look at his friggin kickboxing record. . . which is why for the life of me I don't understand why Romero didn't try to spam the take-down at any point. If Costa has no ground game and no take downs and can't get in the clinch or even get you to the fence, then OK, but I'd really like to see Israel fight someone who can and DOES grapple. Silva, for example, was an exemplary striker but could and did hold his own on the ground against grapplers.
