Who Won? Robert Whittaker or Yoel Romero?

[mirror45]

At the end of the day, our opinions don’t matter

 

[Lukn4trbl]

Romero won, or a draw

Any other answer is false.

 

[Krazy NightTrain]

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.

Bro, favoring the champ in scoring has been done since the dawn of time. I think there was some dead sea scrolls with some score cards from the very first olympics with judge's fucking up the scoring because a local champ was coming through...

Colby vs Till. Till actually comes through with one of Wilder's goals in boxing... and bodies Colby. Nobody, and I mean absolutely nobody will give a fuck either. Till grab's the mic from Rogan and calls Colby a cunt, gets his cell phone and does a selfie with Colby's body in the background... drops the mic and disappears in a cloud of smoke.

 

[Son of Jamin]

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.

 

[regmma123]

Whittaker was the hare

Romero was the tortoise

 

[The Crow]

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

 

[regmma123]

It’s pretty obvious

 

[LukeSkyrocker]

What if the final round is the only round scored?

 

[The Crow]

It’s pretty obvious

Go on...

 

[VVarhead]

Draw would be fair.
If we had a better scoring system it would be a draw for sure.

 

[taugrim]

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.

The one thing you mentioned above is that R4 was Romero.

Whittaker clearly out-volumed Romero in R4, but Romero landed some hard shots in the last minute that made Robert's legs go to jelly. So I'd score that slightly for Romero. The Sherdog guys with the real-time updates thought the same.

If any of the above are true, the fight is a draw or a win for Romero:
R3 scored 10-8
R5 scored 10-8 (which it should have been, IMO)
R4 score 10-9 for Romero

I won't go so far as to say Romero got robbed - being inactive for long stretches is a bad look - but I believe it should have been scored a draw or win for Romero.

To not give a 10-8 in either R3 or R5 begs the question whether the new rules for 10-8 are being applied in rational ways.

 

[PEDS Help me Post]

A 10-7 for the fifth round is a much more reasonable score than 10-9. Props for Whittaker for returning from the dead, but he was dropped, absorbed a ton of damage, turtled up and didn't do anything of significance to make up for what happened. When he was turtled up fight could have been stopped and nobody would be able to complain. If that's not a 10-8, then it's better to just get rid of 10-8s.

I don't see how people can't see either of those rounds as 10-8 under the new ruleset. Hell, they should have been 10-8's under the prior rulesets.


They're basically triyng to say Romero won the 3rd and 5th by the same margin that Whittaker won the first or second..... when that was obviously not the case at all.

 

[ScarfaceJr]

47-46 Romero

Whittaker 1 2 4
Romero 3 & 5 both 10-8 rounds

 

[VVarhead]

Round 1: 10-9 Whittaker
Round 2: 10-9 Whittaker
Round 3: 9-10 Romero
Round 4: 10-9 Whittaker
Round 5: 8-10 Romero

That's how I saw it. Draw.

 

[Woliwo]

Draw:
10-9 Bobby
10-9 Bobby
10-9 Romero
10-9 Bobby
10-8 Romero
47-47

But Bobby deserved to win, because of Romero's weight miss.

 

[Mamou]

I just saw the fight and would say Whit 48-47. Only real swing round is 4 and Whit given the fact he's the champ and Yoel missed weight should always get the nod in a close round.

I don't believe there were any 10-8 rounds to make up a draw.

What's the consensus here?

That is nowhere in the scoring criteria.

 

[det_regnar_på_vår_kärlek]

That's how I saw the fight:
R1: 10-9 Whittaker
R2: 10-9 Whittaker
R3: 10-9 Romero (10-8 is definitely acceptable)
R4: the hardest round to score. IMO anything from 10-9 Whittaker to 10-9 Romero is acceptable. Personally I score it a 10-10 (Whittaker was more consistent throughout the round but also we can't ignore that Romero's shots put Whittaker in real trouble, unlike Whittaker's strikes).
R5: 10-8 Romero (wouldn't be mad at a 10-7 for Romero. I think giving more liberally 10-10s, 10-8s and 10-7s would vastly improve the quality of the decisions).

So my final score card: 48-47 Romero.

 

[Lax617]

I think if you miss weight you should lose a point. That said, I think the fight should have been a draw.

 

[quantiqus]

 

[Cat Biscuits]

given the fact he's the champ and Yoel missed weight should always get the nod in a close round.

That's just stupid reasoning. Having the belt doesn't and shouldn't give you any advantage. Learn to start judging the fight correctly instead of giving favoritism to something that doesn't matter in the actual fight.