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Top 10. Lots of close losses, a couple of questionable wins (jacare, Kennedy).
as the guy who got absolutely robbed against whittaker. he should have been MW champ 100%.
i dont remember which fight it was, but i do remember there was one where he absolutely beat whittaker. if that was the one where he missed weight, then so be it.He missed weight so even if he got the decision, he wouldn't have won tbe belt
i know you are meming. but if he started earlier, the division would of looked vastly different. his wrestling was cream of crop but he wasn't able to use due to father time and having a fused vertabrae.He would've been GOAT if the whole fight is only 3 minutes long. The man had a questionable gas tank but when he remembered to finish a fight, it was, to quote Joe Rogan, extremely athletic and explosive
Had prime Izzy shook, on the run and point fighting
i dont remember which fight it was, but i do remember there was one where he absolutely beat whittaker. if that was the one where he missed weight, then so be it.
he should have still had the win IMO.It was. UFC 225 in 2018. Missed by 0.2 lbs
he should have still had the win IMO.
you dont need to be an expert to tell that one dude definitely won. that was the right choice IMO. sucks because he should have made weight, but also should have gotten that win. could have added the extra motivation, self belief, determining factor to rise to the next level of MMA upper echelons.Eh I had him winning too, 47-46, but I had just started watching MMA a few months earlier so it wasn't exactly an expert's opinion.
I get that but he would've almost certainly taken the belt from Bisping with fair matchmaking. Instead, Bisping fought (and barely) beat a 46-year old Hendo, who was like Yoel 1.0 but years past his prime and 3-6 in his last 9 fights. Then Bisping fought a WW on a 4-year layoff...and lost.Below EVERY UFC MW champion since Zuffa bought it.
It’s pretty simple. More than just a FEW men have won that belt. Romero has NOT.
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you dont need to be an expert to tell that one dude definitely won. that was the right choice IMO. sucks because he should have made weight, but also should have gotten that win. could have added the extra motivation, self belief, determining factor to rise to the next level of MMA upper echelons.
It's pretty sill to claim that Yoel got "absolutely robbed" considering the judges, the media, and the fans were VERY split on the scoring. Many people gave it to Whittaker, many gave it to Yoel, and many scored it a draw. By definition, that's not a robber; it's a great, close fight that could have been scored either way.as the guy who got absolutely robbed against whittaker. he should have been MW champ 100%.
it was a robberyIt's pretty sill to claim that Yoel got "absolutely robbed" considering the judges, the media, and the fans were VERY split on the scoring. Many people gave it to Whittaker, many gave it to Yoel, and many scored it a draw. By definition, that's not a robber; it's a great, close fight that could have been scored either way.