Yoel Romero v. The MW Division

[ReadWrite]

Now #10...

Which of the 10 fighters ahead of him does he beat? [Multiple Choice]

C Chris Weidman
1 Anderson Silva
2 Jacare Souza
3 Vitor Belfort
4 Lyoto Machida
5 Luke Rockhold
6 Tim Kennedy
7 Michael Bisping
8 Gegard Mousasi
9 CB Dollaway

 

[infamouz ice]

6-9

 

[Keakecasacooway]

He has the potential to beat all of them once he refines his skillset, and gets his wrestling and striking to flow together. As of right now I'd say he beats them all except Chris, Machida and Jacare.

 

[Kumason]

I have been watching this guy since he started and I still can't get a great grasp on his level because he has mixed performances.He started mixing in his wrestling and looked like an absolute monster vs Brad Tavarez,he had looked good in other fights but shown plenty of holes.If he can continue using his wrestling mixed in he can go far but if he reverts back to the guy he have seen most lately then he won't get too far,maybe not even beat any of those guys.I don't put much stock in Romero and now he's old as hell..it's now or never.It'll be interesting to see how far he goes.His next fight might be the beginning of the end for him.He's often overrated here on potential alone.

 

[NoBiasJustMMA]

I favor him over Bisping and Dollaway, I think he's the underdog in all the other fights.

 

[Kwic]

As I'm watching at that list I think dayumn, MW is one of the scariest division if not the best one.

 

[Hespect Housey**]

I'll go with Dolloway, Belfort, Bisping, Mousasi, Kennedy and Jacare in order from least to toughest (but likely beatable) competition.

 

[infamouz ice]

I'll go with Dolloway, Belfort, Bisping, Mousasi, Kennedy and Jacare in order from least to toughest competition.

Lol really, you think mousasi would be tougher than Vitor..

I really like yoel, its too bad he got into MMA so late in his life... the dudes 37, he isn't a young chicken, I don't know how much is game will evolve at this stage in his life... against brad he looked great, some of the other fights he has looked mediocre.

I see him beating 6-9 on the list, the rest he would def be the under dog

 

[Hespect Housey**]

Lol really, you think mousasi would be tougher than Vitor..

I can't trust that he's not withering until I see a good performance off the TRT. *Shrug* If he can uphold what he was doing to a moderate scale, even then I'd put him way ahead but I'd have to see first.

 

[NoBiasJustMMA]

Lol really, you think mousasi would be tougher than Vitor..

I really like yoel, its too bad he got into MMA so late in his life... the dudes 37, he isn't a young chicken, I don't know how much is game will evolve at this stage in his life... against brad he looked great, some of the other fights he has looked mediocre.

I see him beating 6-9 on the list, the rest he would def be the under dog

He could be a more difficult match up I bet what he was thinking is that Yoel would be able to take down either of them so Mousasi is the more difficult match up because he's more dangerous on his back.

I'm not saying he's an easier or tougher match up but just explaining why someone would say he's a tougher match up.

 

[Break Brick]

I favor him over Bisping and Dollaway, I think he's the underdog in all the other fights.

You stole my thought, give it back.

 

[JayElectra]

I favour him over Dolloway, Mousasi, Bisping and Kennedy. It's hard to predict what Vitor will be like after going off TRT and I think Romero has a skillset which poses some problems for him at the best of times, so that fight is very close for me. Romero might be able to hustle a 3 round win over Rockhold. Rockhold would be very difficult to beat over 5 rounds because of his stamina and workrate, though. Souza is another very close fight, but I think it's more winnable for Romero than most would expect. Weidman and Machida would rightfully be clear favourites. As for Anderson, I have no idea what he'll be like after that injury at around the age of 40.

 

[Jawth]

I see him losing to everyone but Dolloway, and I think that one could go either way.


His wrestling is not nearly as good as one would think given his credentials and his striking while deadly, is not very refined. Beating up Brad Tavares is impressive, but it doesn't make you championship quality either. He looked bad against Brunson.

 

[Jawth]

I favour him over Dolloway, Mousasi, Bisping and Kennedy. It's hard to predict what Vitor will be like after going off TRT and I think Romero has a skillset which poses some problems for him at the best of times, so that fight is very close for me. Romero might be able to hustle a 3 round win over Rockhold. Rockhold would be very difficult to beat over 5 rounds because of his stamina and workrate, though. Souza is another very close fight, but I think it's more winnable for Romero than most would expect. Weidman and Machida would rightfully be clear favourites. As for Anderson, I have no idea what he'll be like after that injury at around the age of 40.

I think people are making a bigger deal out of Silva's injury than they should, sure it looked horrible but it was a broken bone. It's not like he tore his ACL or something.

If he does look/perform poorly I think it'll have more to do with the mental effects of losing twice and being on the sidelines than the actual broken bone.

 

[Melas Chasma]

Machida delusion still live and kicking.

 

[JayElectra]

I think people are making a bigger deal out of Silva's injury than they should, sure it looked horrible but it was a broken bone. It's not like he tore his ACL or something.

If he does look/perform poorly I think it'll have more to do with the mental effects of losing twice and being on the sidelines than the actual broken bone.

I was sort of taking that all into account when I mentioned the injury. The fact that he is nearly 40 and coming off 2 devastating losses coupled with the fact that it has been documented that he has had some mental struggles with coming back from the injury and has expressed the sentiment that he is likely done challenging for championship belts makes me question exactly what kind of fighter we're going to see. I mean, he should be good enough to beat a WW tailor made for him, but genuine MWs are a bit of a question mark at this point.

 

[NoBiasJustMMA]

You stole my thought, give it back.

lol, but it's a good one.

 

[GrindingANARCHY]

None.

 

[ReadWrite]

I'd like to see him fight Bisping next, a very winnable fight.

 

[oswald1]

I dont think he beats anyone in the top 10. Kennedy beats him in a rematch. I dont count the first one because of cheating