Who Won? Robert Whittaker or Yoel Romero?

[beefcake180]

I think a draw would have been appropriate

 

[2004 account]

This poll result so far shows that the majority of sherdog thinks that Yoel won and rightfully so, we know more about judging a fight than those mongoloid paid off judges that judged the fight last night.

 

[Cat Biscuits]

Round 1 10-9 Whittaker
Round 2 10-9 Whittaker
Round 3 9-10 Romero
Round 4 9-10 Romero
Round 5 9-10 Romero

Romero winner by 48-47

* Round 5 could also have been a 10-8 for Romero.

This is how i had it too. Romero had him hurt at the end of the 4th and did the biggest significant damage in that round.

 

[Jon Stark]

This makes no sense. A close round should be given to whoever fought better according to the REAL FIGHT SCORING CRITERIA.

If the round is too close then the round should be a 10-10 or whatever.

A round should not be determined by being a champ or if someone made weight. This is stupid and does not reflect the scoring criteria at fucking all.

I don't know how to have a discussion with you if you can't comprehend someone else's opinion on scoring.

10-10 rounds barely exist. Show me an example of one? I've seen one in my whole 15 years of watching MMA (Bonnar-Evans)

Who did you give the 4th too?

 

[Jon Stark]

Romero won, or a draw

Any other answer is false.

Not according to the official outcome lol

 

[Jon Stark]

That is nowhere in the scoring criteria.

That comment is my opinion, not fact. Misuse of the word fact.

 

[regmma123]

It’s quantity vs quality

Whittaker was quantity

Romero was quality

 

[VVarhead]

 

[Workaholic]

Draw

10-8 5th

 

[fortheo]

1, 2 and 4 for Whittaker


I can see the argument for round 5 being a 10-8 for Romero, but I didn't see it that way.


Whittaker, or a draw are the only possible results I see.

 

[Lukn4trbl]

Not according to the official outcome lol

The official outcome is false.

 

[Mamou]

That comment is my opinion, not fact. Misuse of the word fact.

Good thing you don't make the scoring criteria then. Being a champion should mean absolutely nothing in determining the winner of a round. If the round is close then it should be a 10-10, not 10-9 because someone is the champ. And missing weight has 0 impact on scoring regardless of your feelings.

 

[Kryptt]

We won!

 

[VVarhead]

This needs more votes.

 

[Bimbo]

I understand that the point system might give it to Whittaker, but honestly Whittaker was broken. He was lost in the end, suffering from 2 heavy knock downs. I mean isn't that the essence of this sport? Breaking your opponent. Yeah sure a KO is better, but breaking your opponent like that is meaningful as well.
For me those heavy knock downs washes away the little lead Whittaker had on Romero for sure.

 

[TheBulletwithWings]

Romero won

Fighting is about damage

10-point system is flawed, and even under it most people scored it for the cuban

Except most people are not scoring the fight like judges, they are just watching as fans. I thought it would have been a draw but was ok with Whittaker getting the nod.
You can’t take 3 rounds off then deliver some damage without a finish and get the decision win.

 

[clumseygenius]

Voted anyways but a thread & poll already exist. Please use the search function before creating a thread.

 

[Gunny]

Begrudgingly I had to call it a draw though I thought Whitaker had the better performance overall.

 

[BitFlip]

For me it's either Whittaker or if the last round was 10-8 I'd have it a draw.

But if judging was on the fight as a whole Romero won that fight easily. And I wish they'd judge it like that, not for this specific outcome, just that it's a much better and more intelligent way to do it than round by round.

 

[TheLastEmperorReurns]

Except most people are not scoring the fight like judges, they are just watching as fans. I thought it would have been a draw but was ok with Whittaker getting the nod.
You can’t take 3 rounds off then deliver some damage without a finish and get the decision win.

http://www.fightmetric.com/fight-details/5a09fd7cb3db9705

3 rounds off?

Romero swarmed Whittaker in round 3. The only reason it wasn't a 10-8 was that Whittaker was landing nice counter-punches in the midst of getting fucked up for 2 mins. straight.

In round 4, Romero rocked Whittaker again- but Whittaker didn't end up getting dropped but was made wobbly from 2 punches. The judges gave the round to Whittaker because he landed more strikes throughout the round but it was obvious who delt more damage.

Round 5 should have been a clear 10-8 for Romero.

I don't understand how it wasn't.

Politics were the reason Romero didn't get the nod but that's ok because the fucker missed weight and shouldn't have got the title shot in the first place.

Don't say that people who thought Romero won aren't thinking like judges.

What you're doing, but don't understand it, is trying to imagine how Whittaker got the decision and trying to rationalize solely from that decision how it was logical.

It's a really common mistake with shitty decisions and agreeable MMA fans.

You look at a shitty decision and try really hard to understand it as if the judges made the right call and all the fans are wrong and try to rationalize to the ends of the earth to understand how it was right.

It was a really common theme when GSP got his ass kicked by Hendricks and his fans tried to convince themselves to the end of the earth that it was a sound call.