Media Juan Espino believes Romanov took the easy way out: "You took the victory, but it cost you respect"

[tehMoose]

Dealt with adversity and came back to win. It wasn’t pretty, but I think there’s a decent chance that Espino turns out to be the Tibau to Romanov’s Khabib — ie. a particularly difficult stylistic match up that even better overall fighters in the division don’t present to him.

You realize that Espino is 40 years old, right? Minakov took out a much younger Espino in 9 seconds

Put 40 years old Espino in there with Mowry or Moldavsky and see what happens Calling Romanov the best HW prospect in all orgs is laughable

 

[Matthew Fedler]

You realize that Espino is 40 years old, right? Minakov took out a much younger Espino in 9 seconds

Put 40 years old Espino in there with Mowry or Moldavsky and see what happens

I don’t think a 9 second KO in someone’s third pro fight is a great indicator of their skill set ten years later. There are plenty of great fighters — particularly at HW — in their 40’s. Like the Cheick Kongo that beat Minakov recently, for example.

 

[Ace70 V2]

He got offered a way out on a silver platter and took it. Terrible acting job on his part. Even shook his head when they announced the decision lol

 

[Krixes]

I didn't watch this fight but what even was that. He barely even made contact with the cup?!?!? How was this fight called off for that? These fighters need to stop watching the NBA, they're out here flopping around like Lebron James.

 

[JustOnce]

You realize that Espino is 40 years old, right? Minakov took out a much younger Espino in 9 seconds

Put 40 years old Espino in there with Mowry or Moldavsky and see what happens Calling Romanov the best HW prospect in all orgs is laughable

Minakov in his prime is better than almost all HWs in the heavyweight division in the UFC right now. No shame in losing to Minakov, and people can get caught in MMA, let alone heavyweight division.

Espino is very legit. Romanov is very legit. We might have seen Romanov's ceiling though.

 

[pinero]

Dealt with adversity and came back to win. It wasn’t pretty, but I think there’s a decent chance that Espino turns out to be the Tibau to Romanov’s Khabib — ie. a particularly difficult stylistic match up that even better overall fighters in the division don’t present to him.

 

[tehMoose]

Minakov in his prime is better than almost all HWs in the heavyweight division in the UFC right now. No shame in losing to Minakov, and people can get caught in MMA, let alone heavyweight division.

Espino is very legit. Romanov is very legit. We might have seen Romanov's ceiling though.

There is no shame in losing to Minakov. But that happened to Espino when he fought an elite guy. Romanov was actually losing to 40 years old Espino, I don't know how he got that bs win.

I think before this fight I even told you that Romanov is not that good. There are way better prospects in Bellator than Romanov

 

[TheIrishPsycho]

Yeah, because respect is a highly valued currency in todays society.

 

[Matthew Fedler]

14-0 with 13 finishes > one lacklustre performance

 

[DoctorDeelon]

A no contest would be much better. No one won that fight.

Says the banned guy lol

 

[Bradillac]

Espino got robbed. Romanov looked awful, his record must be full of cans.

 

[pinero]

14-0 with 13 finishes > one lacklustre performance

I have news for you : Romanov is a mediocre fighter that even in a mediocre division never will be champion, he doesn't deserve to be in the same sentence with Khabib, plus, there is not a single similarity betwen what we saw yesterday and Khabib -Tibau

 

[Matthew Fedler]

I have news for you : Romanov is a mediocre fighter that even in a mediocre division never will be champion, he doesn't deserve to be in the same sentence with Khabib, plus, there is not a single similarity betwen what we saw yesterday and Khabib -Tibau

 

[original doom]

why did juan even throw that knee anyway.

 

[Post 2 Decision]

Espino got robbed

1 and 3 were clearly his

Judges didn't give him round 1

 

[JustOnce]

There is no shame in losing to Minakov. But that happened to Espino when he fought an elite guy. Romanov was actually losing to 40 years old Espino, I don't know how he got that bs win.

I think before this fight I even told you that Romanov is not that good. There are way better prospects in Bellator than Romanov

No dummy, I was the one who was telling people how good Espino was, as evident in that thread or two.

Espino is very legit. He's 40 but no milege. He's probably the best grappler in heavyweight division right now.

Grapplers tend to age better, especially at heavyweight, and especially if you have no milege nor damage on him. He took no damage literally outside that punch by Minakov in his entire MMA career.

Just because you are old, doesn't make you a poor grappler. Werdum and Maia puts on grappling clinic and look how old they are.

Nothing wrong with struggling with Espino, he's very very good. And Romanov won.

 

[Mmmmmmma1234]

I get what Espino is trying to say here. The groin shot didn't even landed clearly and apparently it wasn't even a hard shot and doesn't have that much impact. I kinda sensed it too that Romanov is gassing out but I heard he say that he can't move his leg after the groin shot, so who knows really?

The crazy part isn't even the weirdness with the ending. All 3 judges gave espino the nod in the 3rd, but 2 were stupid enough to give romanov the 1st round he was gonna be robbed unless he got a finish. All media scores have espino or tie feel for him hope the ufc give him a step up not down after the robbery.

It definitely looked like a shot to the thigh to me, and somehow romanov got progressively more hurt the more time he took not catching his breath. Lost alot of respect for this guy.

 

[Mmmmmmma1234]

You realize that Espino is 40 years old, right? Minakov took out a much younger Espino in 9 seconds

Put 40 years old Espino in there with Mowry or Moldavsky and see what happens Calling Romanov the best HW prospect in all orgs is laughable

Espino subs Mowry in a round. Mowry's never had a good oponent. Moldavsky is alot more legit they'd be closer he'd be afraid to roll with espino but he's got the skills to stand for 3 and win on points.
Espino also beats up fortune too. These pretend contendersof you trumpet like they've done anything.
Romanov atleast beat a seasoned vet like De Lima, Fortune got murdered by the 1 compitition he faced.

You're such a clown Minakov is top 5 hw in the world AND that fight was in 2011 juan had 2 fights going in to Minakov's 4. Get help.

 

[tehMoose]

Espino subs Mowry in a round. Mowry's never had a good oponent. Moldavsky is alot more legit they'd be closer he'd be afraid to roll with espino but he's got the skills to stand for 3 and win on points.
Espino also beats up fortune too. These pretend contendersof you trumpet like they've done anything.
Romanov atleast beat a seasoned vet like De Lima, Fortune got murdered by the 1 compitition he faced.

You're such a clown Minakov is top 5 hw in the world AND that fight was in 2011 juan had 2 fights going in to Minakov's 4. Get help.

Lima is a LHW and not a good one, he even managed to get strangled by Antigulov and Struve smh

Mowry destroyed Teed who finished top 10 UFC HW Daukaus
Fortune destroyed Anyanwu who finished recently top 10 UFC HW Daukaus

You clearly never seen Mowry fight if you think 40 years old Espino would submit him. Mowry has legit BJJ and way better striking than Espino. Espino would be lucky to survive one round against Mowry

You're clueless. I'm not even gonna bother comparing two prelim dudes to Moldavsky

 

[DrGlaze]

Wouldn’t he have won even if the fight continued? Juan definitely won the 3rd round to that point. So unless he finished him or 10-8’d him it wouldn’t have mattered really.