Whittaker vs Romero

Who won Whittaker vs Romero?

Robert Whittaker beat Yoel Romero by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest during the main event of UFC 213, on Saturday 8th July 2017 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Robert Whittaker.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Middleweight division, which meant the weight limit was 185 pounds (13.2 stone or 83.9 KG).

Whittaker vs Romero stats

Robert Whittaker stepped into the octagon with a record of 18 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 5 by submission.

Yoel Romero made his way to the cage with a record of 12 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by knock out.

This was Robert Whittaker's 23rd fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2012.

Robert Whittaker's UFC record stood at 17-6-0, while Yoel Romero's came in at 9-4-0.

The stats suggested Romero had a massive power advantage over Whittaker, boasting a 83% knock out percentage over Whittaker's 50%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Whittaker had a large advantage over Romero, boasting a 28% submission rate over Romero's 0%.

Robert Whittaker was the younger man by 14 years, at 34 years old.

Whittaker was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 9 more fights, and made his debut in 2009, 9 months earlier than Romero, whose first professional fight was in 2009. He had fought 18 more professional rounds, 86 to Romero's 68.

Whittaker vs Romero form

Yoel Romero had stopped 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Alex Polizzi at Bellator 280 on 6th May 2022 by knockout in the 3rd round at Accor Arena, Paris, France.

Previous to that, he had lost to Phil Davis at Bellator 266 on 18th September 2021 by split decision in their 3 round contest at SAP Center, San Jose, United States.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Israel Adesanya at UFC 248 on 7th March 2020 by unanimous decision in their UFC Middleweight championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had been defeated by Paulo Costa at UFC 241 on 17th August 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Honda Center, Anaheim.

He had lost to Robert Whittaker at UFC 225 on 9th June 2018 by split decision in their 5 round contest at United Center, Chicago.

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Romero's last 5 fights had come over a period of 7 years and 10 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 4 months and 28 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 19 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.8 rounds on average.

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