Who Won? Robert Whittaker or Yoel Romero?

[Lord Grey]

aka guys who don’t want to see abc (another brown champ)

But Whitaker is a brown champion, no?

 

[Barge]

47-47

 

[TheBulletwithWings]

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.

Holy wall of txt Batman!
I exaggerated but Romero wasn’t busy enough throughout the fight. He had a few moments where he wobbled and came close to a finish but he was also outstruck for the majority of the fight and got both his eyes shut.
I thought it was a fine decision but wouldn’t be mad at a draw.

 

[dim_]

Whittaker 1, 2, and 4
Romero 3 and 5
no 10-8's

Whittaker wins 3-2 with only three limbs

 

[Lukn4trbl]

The difference with most of these bitches is:

When Buffer was reading the decision, you were surprised that Whittaker won.

You counted your blessings knowing that a dimwit judge handed Whittaker the win.

 

[Swarthy]

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.

He wasn’t broken LOL

 

[Swarthy]

The difference with most of these bitches is:

When Buffer was reading the decision, you were surprised that Whittaker won.

You counted your blessings knowing that a dimwit judge handed Whittaker the win.

Not in the least I was confident that they were gonna give the dec to Reaper.

Why you ask? Because I am not so stupid as to think R3 & R5 was a 10-8 .

 

[regmma123]

Romero missed weight by the weight of about twenty pennies
2 oz
0.125 lbs
and everyone is acting like he was pounds over

 

[Lukn4trbl]

Not in the least I was confident that they were gonna give the dec to Reaper.

Why you ask? Because I am not so stupid as to think R3 & R5 was a 10-8 .

You're right, because only round 5 was a 10-8 ( being generous).

 

[suffersystem]

Whittaker 1, 2, and 4
Romero 3 and 5
no 10-8's

Whittaker wins 3-2 with only three limbs

This is how I saw it, but will def rewatch as I am on the fence about 10-8 for round five.

 

[Swarthy]

You're right, because only round 5 was a 10-8 ( being generous).

It really wasn’t 10-8 is utter domination with zero resistance if r5 was a 10-8 then so was round 1.

Neither of them was a 10-8

 

[Swarthy]

Romero missed weight by the weight of about twenty pennies
2 oz
0.125 lbs
and everyone is acting like he was pounds over

In for a penny in for a pound. He had 3 months to make weight.

 

[NGute87]

Romero won hands down without question. Only a biased fanboy would see it otherwise. This coming from someone who doesn't care about either of these guys.

I guess that means your blind opinion doesnt matter then. Biased fanboy.

 

[AlwaysWonder]

I guess that means your blind opinion doesnt matter then. Biased fanboy.

Nice like ratio...fanboy

 

[NGute87]

Nice like ratio...fanboy

And that means what? Is this your claim to a higher intellect than me? Stay in school, fool.

 

[AlwaysWonder]

And that means what? Is this your claim to a higher intellect than me? Stay in school, fool.

Stay in Ohio.

 

[GTS]

A 10-7 for the fifth round is a much more reasonable score than 10-9.

That's pretty fucking stupid. Show me ANY round that has been judged 10-7 that looked anything like the 5th... I'll wait...

 

[NGute87]

Stay in Ohio.

Gladly. If it keeps me away from retards like you. Im honored to call Ohio home. What have you got going for you?

 

[AlwaysWonder]

Gladly. If it keeps me away from retards like you. Im honored to call Ohio home. What have you got going for you?

Glad someone is.

 

[det_regnar_på_vår_kärlek]

That's pretty fucking stupid. Show me ANY round that has been judged 10-7 that looked anything like the 5th... I'll wait...

According to the rules that are in place, if a judge considers that the fight could have been stopped, he may score the round 10-7. When Whittaker turtled up and Romero took his back, there's definitely an argument the referee could have stopped the fight there.

10–7 Round
“A 10 – 7 Round in MMA is when a fighter completely overwhelms their opponent in Effective Striking and/or Grappling and stoppage is warranted.”

A 10 – 7 round in MMA is a score that judges will rarely give. It takes both overwhelming DOMINANCE of a round, but also significant IMPACT that, at times, cause the judge to consider that the fight could be stopped. Judges shall asses for multiple blows that diminish the fighter, and/or grappling maneuvers that place the fighter in dominant situations with impact being inflicted that visibly diminishes the losing fighter’s ability to compete.