How Yoel Romero won - Full Breakdown

[Ramon Antonio]

Just flip a coin. Both deserved to lose.

 

[gevoudane]

He lost.

 

[Roljo]

Thought this was going ti be some shitty troll thread once again but actually well done OP, this was good.

Yoel might have gotten it based on the scoring criteria but like you said the judges see it from another angle and might see different things so people can't objectively be definitive when talking about such close fights.

 

[Stoic]

Yes only the hook landed. Izzy also landed a hook In that exchange which isnt pointed out. Quite a few of the supposed shots Romero landed in the gifs didn't quite land either. And counting head kicks that landed as blocked, even though you can see they landed through the hands should still count. The only way you give Romero these rounds is by being biased in his favour.

My thoughts exactly. Just a biased post counting a bunch of shots that didn't land or barely grazed as "hard" shots for Romero and discounting shots from Izzy that clearly landed. Most of Izzy's leg strikes seem to be harder than Romero's head shots throughout the fight.

 

[StonedLemur]

ROUND 5
Adesanya 12 Strikes
Romero 14 Strikes

Blocked high kick

Oblique kick partially lands as Yoel throws a straight that lands.

Another oblique kick.

Jab

Leg kick

Straight

That overhand again. Blocked by Israel.

Tyron Woodley would be proud. Second hook lands.

Hook to the midsection, Israel moving out of the way.

Leg kick.

Weak ass calf kick.

Kick to the mid-section.

Snap jab.

Straight.

Grabbing the leg, and a push straight. The optics here are awful: Israel stumbles and runs away across the whole octagon.

Second jab lands, Hook partially lands.

Blocked head kick.

Leg kick city.

Important moment. 3 strikes that all connect? Israel is visibly shook. That's the round winner right there.

Yoel ends the round walking Israel down.


SCORE ROUND 5
Sal D'Amato - Israel Adesanya - 10-9 (Yoel 47-48 Israel)
Chris Lee - Israel Adesanya - 10-9 (Yoel 46-49 Israel)
Ron McCarthy - Israel Adesanya - 10-9 (Yoel 47-48 Israel)
Me - Yoel Romero - 10-9 (Yoel 48-47 Israel)

Last round was the easiest to score if you ask me.
And there you have it. The new champion Yoel Romero.

Israel kept kicking Yoel's legs, but Yoel kept hitting Israels face. I've tried to keep as many of the strikes in so you can see them for yourself. The only ones omitted are the ones that did not connect. Lastly to note; I'm not a fan of either fighter. MW hasn't really grabbed my attention, if I were to chose a fighter to root for it would be Hermansson. But it is an interesting exercise into how fights are judged vs how they are supposed to be judged.


Yes, I have no life.
Yes, this was too long to read, bro.

This was a fantastic breakdown sir.
You really should do more of these, as I would happily read every one of them.

I like the unbiased way you approached this, and the people that didn't like it are probably illiterate, and didn't read it all lol.

Thanks @Fergelmince for showing me this sir.

 

[Everybody is on steroids]

That stupid ass Naruto run away from yoel should have cost Izzy the 5th round alone.
Yeah I remember watching this being baffled on how Izzy won.
Rob 2 was the same way to me. Slow, boring fight but to me it was a clear loss for Izzy.
I've tried super hard to like the guy. His attitude doesn't match his fights though. If you don't offer him your chin on a platter he will be content point fighting and running to a decision.
It was satisfying watching Jan beat him at his own game.
I honestly hope Jared can catch him and KO him but I expect more of the same. Rob isn't getting a rematch either, which is a shame, because I see him as the clear number one talent in the division.

 

[SpotemGottem]

Adesanya did more with leg kicks that round than Romero with his strikes, many of which did barely land.
In the following instance for example, when watching it live, it seemed like Romero connected on three strikes, whereas he only connected the third one really:

It's Izzy's round.

Leg kicks are worth far less than strikes to the head. Leg kicks do zero damage unless you can see it visibly impacting the fighter's movement.

Cannot encourage spamming weak calf kicks from the outside

 

[SpotemGottem]

Romero did a great job defending anything thrown to his head. That primarily is why Israel stuck to the leg kicks. Some choose to dismiss the leg kicks which is crazy. Some also want to discredit Israel for avoiding to engage with Romero against the cage and in other areas during the fight.

There is no fault in steering clear and picking your shots as he did. He was trying to get out with little damage and with his belt which was a success. Given what Romero has experienced you would think he would've gone full blown balls to the wall to get a convincing win. It was just the opposite almost like he was the title holder and he expected Israel to take it from him.

Doesn't matter who has the belt or who is champ going in. You don't have to win the fight by some larger margin because you are the challenger. It is an equal contest

 

[HHJ]

tl/dr

scrollin fast thru those gifs are funny

 

[Kwic]

Way better fight than Rose Carla as evident by the gifs.

 

[chinarice]

Lonnnnnggggg AF post to still come to the wrong conclusion that Yoel won.

Bias really makes it hard for people to judge fights. Neither guy did much. Adesanya did more.

And still.

 

[Noraaq]

Great breakdown TS. I remember scoring it for Yoel after watching it live. Never gave it a second watch, because it was such a shitty fight.

This thread is better than the actual fight was, lol.

 

[mraa1]

Judges must think Romero is rich cuz they love robbing the guy.

 

[Spath]

Great breakdown TS. I remember scoring it for Yoel after watching it live. Never gave it a second watch, because it was such a shitty fight.

This thread is better than the actual fight was, lol.

Pretty much what I thought, thanks for putting it in writing.

 

[Mind Mine]

Jesus guy. Do you even have the sex?

 

[sangreporsangre]

How about TS does a breakdown like the recent Rose/Carla fight? Or hopefully he found something better to do with his life in the last 2 years.

 

[goOb]

Convincing argument TS.

 

[FriskyRandy]

How much fucking free time do you have.

Imagine putting your energy into something that was actually important what you could accomplish.

 

[Candy Routure]

I can’t believe this was two years ago!

 

[Tweak896]

I think Izzy benefited from being champ. When it's a close boring decision like this, they give the champ the edge because "to be the champion you have to beat the champion". I mean had Romero won the title like that, what's to stop contenders in the future to sit and force champions to get aggressive with them so they can land the counter? Izzy had to defend the title a bunch of times, why should the champ take the risks? I mean title contenders would be happy to try and leave their controller unplugged, wait for champ to come to them and start throwing haymakers.