Crowning Moment: Robert Whittaker Claims Interim Middleweight Title in First War With Yoel Romero 👑
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- Опубліковано 26 вер 2024
- Former UFC middleweight champion Robert Whittaker secured the interim title back in 2017 at UFC 213 after he prevailed in a back-and-forth battle with Yoel Romero. Whittaker faces middleweight champion Israel Adesanya next in a rematch bout at UFC 271 on Saturday, for the middleweight belt.
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Respect Whittaker one of the few men to win a dogfight with Romero, and he was injured
@hungrier and new
romero was scared to fight with izzy, he wasnt scared to fight rob.
romero stood in the same spot at the start of the fight for 30 seconds like a statue lol
he saw how izzy knocked out rob twice and didn't want to fight. simple as that
@@hungrier5655 other way round, Izzy was scared to engage. The overhand at the beginning of the fight scared him shitless
@@hungrier5655 wasn’t Izzy the one that said he was going to finish Romero properly? Lol
@@manuelgarciaramirez3816 what do you call him standing there for 30 seconds?
After the two wars Robert and Yoel have had.. I can’t imagine the toll they’ve put on each others bodies. 2 savages
Moreso on Robert. Yoel is superhuman. But with all that muscle, Too bad his stamina isn't though, or else he would be unstoppable.
Bro this just reminded me of how insane Romero is when he wrestles offensively. It’s crazy he didn’t utilize it as much as he could’ve but I assume it was to try and preserve his gas tank. Still an insane athlete.
Dude! If Romero entered MMA earlier! Damn!
Insane juice head
He did use it a lot, Whittaker's just hard to take and keep down.
Knee injuries
His back neck and knees are fucked, he can't anymore
The 2 wars Romero and Whittaker fought are the fights where you leave a tiny bit of your soul in the octagon. Respect to both men. Warriors.
I'm pretty sure a bunch of people in this comment section are confusing this fight with their rematch saying Romero got robbed. This fight is pretty clearly a whittaker win with him easily winning rounds 3,4,5
Right? It was clear as day that Romero lost 3 rounds
Spot on
Yeah this wasn't even that close tbh. Bobby won 3 4 and 5 without any doubt.
I recall that Romero missed weight for #2 & wouldn’t have been eligible for the belt even if he had won the banging rematch.
@@kingjames1586 Unfortunately Romero also missed weight for his interim title fight against Luke Rockhold. Had he not missed weight, and still won he would have been an interim champion.
You really got to admire the chin these 2 guys have. I know whittaker got tko'd but I still believe he has a solid chin.
OH Whittakers Chins been tried and tested # Its Proven
Well he only got ko'd by the best striker in his division and against the best striker at ww which is wonderboy, went to war with high level competition fighters all the time and Maan.. he definitely has a chin!💯✋
@@KingNayt Nah, romero took his chin tbh
Romero is a living legend. Fighting at that age with those performance is incredible.
whittaker and Costa are the only guys to have the balls to fight romero
izzy knocked whittaker out twice, humped costa, and outstruck romero 2, 3, 4, keep crying
and whittaker did it twice, with a busted knee, and romero stupidly missing weight
Izzy, Luke, Weidman, Lyoto, Jacare, Brunson, and Tim Kennedy all also had the balls to fight him you just only named the 2 with exciting wins over him lol
@@1incher... so if izzy "did nothing but leg kicks". why did romero let himself lose that fight? shouldn't it be easy to fight someone who does nothing but leg kick?
also izzy landed way more body shots to yoel than yoel did to izzy, the head strikes are roughly even. izzy just beat him fair and sqaure sorry
@@hungrier5655 I know izzy beat yoel convincingly but it's the way he won.
I wish Romero would have come to the UFC at 30
UFC didn’t exist in 1897 tho
@@TonyTheLion2319 lmaoooo
At least 25
This was a dog fight that took alot from both men. Respect to both guys.
Damn, Romero is a crazy athlete and definitely a freak of nature
dude has insane genetics he's a hyper responder to his steroids
yeah a freak of steroids
Joe?
@@hungrier5655 Steroids work better if you have better Genetics. Steroids just amplify what you already got.
@@chaim5326 Nice to see someone with a proper understanding! He has insane genetics, but that takes nothing from the fact, that he always has been on steroids. He is a hyper responder, as you say. It takes a lot of hard work and good genetics, to have the physic he has, but you can’t get a physic like that without a shitload of anabolic steroids through many years.
Walking out on his own legs facing this Romero. Whittaker is an amazing fighter. One of the best middleweights ever
Most impressive thing about Robert is he’s beaten basically everyone while they were also on a Deadly run or close to their peak
yep, only recently lost to a prime dricus and even then I hope we see the rematch
Corporate Media will never feel the amount of pain they deserve for what they've done into our society
Wtf lol good place to voice that 🤦🏻♂️
I agree but lol
@@beerye3750 lol fr like I agree but bro…
Same
The Robert vs Yoel fights show us why Izzy ran away after taking one right hand from Yoel lol.
Yoel was terrified to stand with adesanya. He got some balls the last 30 seconds of the fight though
Hahahahahahahahahaha yea ok Yoel stood there daydreaming
He runs vs all his opponents just a pathetic human being and he has the nerve to think he can beat Jon jones
There are different ways to catch a rat. Izzy fights smart and has impeccable striking , thats why he's still champ and KOd Rob twice in less than 2 rounds.
@@sameerjones4729 he knocked out Bobby
Whenever he hears a joke, Bobby chuckles
Whenever he puts on his favourite playlist, Bobby Shuffles
When he gets caught with a leg kick, Bobby Buckles.
Rob what a legend
I see a lot of Izzy likes to 'run' in the comment section; I guess this is because he does not like to stand in the pocket and trade. But why on earth will anyone with the clinical striking ability and IQ of Adesanya at range, stand in the pocket and bang? It makes no sense! When he can stand at range, pick people apart while also protecting his ring longevity and his overall health. If your fortunate to have the gift that Adesanya has, you'd be a fool to get in the cage and trade punches.
He learned from Gastelum fight, he got rocked a few times in that fight and since then he doesn't like to take too many risks even if it means the fight is boring
Well, it makes the fights a bit boring. Izzy has a long reach advantage over many of his opponents in the MW division. So, it's a lot like what Jon Jones used to do. Mix World Class skills with physical advantages and never really take the risk. I know everyone loves Izzy, But I am vouching for Whitaker this time. Let's make this interesting.
UFC fans are just dumb as hell.
I mean, why risk your belt just to entertain some potatoes that have no idea about fighting. That's like Khabib opting for a striking battle when he can just ragdoll and submit you.
The issue with Izzy, is that opponents don't know what to do with him. Costa and Romero usually throw bombs and go hard, but they both stood like statues against Adesanya because he's too long, too skilled, and his feints leave them with no clue what he's going to do. When people fight him properly they get KO'd.
Whittaker talking Romero on twice without a backward step.. didn’t claim he needed to beat him for his legacy then run away for 5 rounds and say “I did what I had to do” 🤦🏻♂️
"Look at him he's limping" lmao i remember that
yeah and izzy knocked rob out twice and beat romero rounds 2, 3, and 4
if izzy fought yoel scared why couldn't yoel beat him? cause izzy is the better fighter, come out of your delusion
@@hungrier5655 okay, he still isn't wrong though. Izzy was talking tough about fighting Romero and eventually ended up doing close to nothing. Professional fighting is about giving the fans exciting fights and Robert has 0 boring fights on his name, whereas Izzy does
@@Meow-ee9zo yeah cause romero was too scared to fight, he stood like a statue, he was more brave to fight rob than izzy, sorry whittaker simp
@@hungrier5655 shut up ya flop, izzy ran away from him. Played touch butt in the park ffs, no two fights are alike and you’ll see that when rob takes home the gold this weekend
Rob caught Yoel with a headkick. But Yoels neck said, "that tickles."
Whittaker is no joke. Real fighter.
Crazy athleticism from both fighters in this fight
I feel like weight divisions should also take into account reach difference. The fights are always better when both fighters have a similar reach
That’s too much hassle for the organizers. Different reach and styles can still make a fight really good.
It would have to be changed in the rules of MMA. Which won't happen lol
Rob went through hell in both Yoel fights, got injured early (knee in R1 first time, then broke hand early in second fight), not to mention Yoel looking and moving this way at age 40 here is clearly on the juice. Whittaker's TDD is underrated too, Yoel is nearly an olympic-caliber wrestler and couldn't really hold Rob down.
Yoel is an actual olympic silver medalist
Too everyone in charge of these... We DO NOT want the music looping in the background like this. It's literally just distracting
IT IS OFFICIALLY FIGHT WEEK !!👊🏽
Rob won 3,4,5. Also this was the first that wasn’t very controversial. In the rematch Rob also won 1,2,4.
I know I’m late but what would you put him in the best Middleweights of all time
@@eliasaquinomijares4072 ye
@@brianstoner6345 i mean like what number would you put him in
Although Yoel was an Olympic silver medalist, he never really incorporated it into his overall game offensively. It would’ve made him so much more of a threat.
After some of the upsets I've seen over the past year I'll NEVER say never, but I think the only chance Whittaker really has is to get Izzy down and find a way to keep him there/outpoint/rack up control time. If it stays on the feet,it's probably going to be an early night again.
Izzy isn't great at all he just runs his game is predictable Whittaker takes this easy if he just hunts izzy down and strike izzy cant run like a little bitch forever guys are going to start catching on
@@sameerjones4729 we'll see izzy already fucked him up once and I think he's gonna fuck him up again
@@sameerjones4729
Israel was "running" and still managed to knockout Whittaker twice in one fight
What a legend
@@sameerjones4729 Now THIS is what we call "hate". Brunson, Vetorri (x2), Gastelum, Costa, Silva, Romero, Whittaker - All in a row, all clear wins.... But he's not great, right?
Tell us you don't like Izzy as person without telling us you don't like Izzy as a person. 😂
@@retiredtidepodeater3339 you hit the nail man...
Robert Whittaker was a classy champion, respectful, hope he wins the belt again soon.
Bobby Knuckles went to war twice with the man who Izzy ran from
Romero was standing still like a statue majority of that fight my man what were you watching? He was scared to strike with Izzy but ok 😂
There are different ways to catch a rat. Izzy fights smarter than everyone at 185 🧠 , thats why he's still champ and KOd Rob twice in less than 2 rounds.
@@razrsliq7623ko’ed him twice? What are you talking about lmao
@@makebandz403 the fight should have been over at the end of round 1 cause be was basically knocked out
@@makebandz403 I have to agree with him, the end of the first round(I believe) Rob was literally saved by the horn.
What a moment💜💜
Just by sight, Romero an entire beast!! Great fight against Bobby Knuckle.
Robert Whittaker will no doubt put up a much better fight in the upcoming rematch, but I feel like the champ Izzy will still manage to beat Whittaker albeit in a decision victory this time, only if Whittaker fights smart and uses his BJJ
It was badass how Romero was just walking him down in the 5th while exhausted. Wish his ground game was better
Gotta love how the UFC highlights ONLY Romero when Whittaker was landing so many shots in these rounds, he was literally tee'ing off on Romero's face.
I feel this has gotta be one of the most bravest performances ever. Whittaker who was a former welterweight, just absolutely going at it with Romero, who is possibly the most dangerous powerful middleweights ever 👏
Whittaker is a beast. He walks around at 225-230. He even said so himself on one of the Grange videos.
@@wisechoice8862 whittaker at 225? No way 😂 he don’t even look that big, dude used to be a welterweight
@@Dave-ok4en Hey, those are his words. He says it's hard for him to cut down even to 185. He's even talked about moving up to lhw.
@@Dave-ok4en You also have to remember that when Rob was in WW, he was a young buck. Not even in his prime. He's only 32-33 I think right now. He's grown a lot since then.
@@wisechoice8862 oh okay fair enough. Just surprising that’s all, even as a middleweight he doesn’t look that big
Izzy vs Romero was probably the worst MW title fight ever
Yoel Romero e uno de los grandes guerreros!!
Whittaker had to fight Romero for 25 mins with a torn up knee and then with a broken hand
RESPECT FOR THIS MEN
YOU GOT THIS WHITAKER A NEW CHAMPION !
Romero the most skilled and technical fighter
Robert Whittaker!!! The only man to really hurt Romero!!!🙌🙌🙌
5:19 Michael Bisping reaction is exactly in sync with joe rogan's OOH
Beautiful fight From Both side
Yoel Romero is a different animal. Performing at the highest level putting on great performanc in his 40s . Only loses by decision never 🐝 finished in the UFC. Could you imagine Romero as a MMA fighter in his 20s
This video was clearly meant to celebrate Rob but the hatred for the best fighter in middleweight has overwhelmed the comment section
Can we see their full fight?
Fight pass is like 10 bucks
sure thing, 79.99$$$ Ka Ching.
@@klyxrasta 😂
@@wizardrhyme9597 fight pass barely works
@@Ty-oe4dr Works fine for me
Rob is the man!!! I forgot how good his wrestling is ! Can’t wait to see what he brings this time against Izzy 🇦🇺👍
This is what happens when wrestling is exiting
Man I love this beat
R.whittaker is founder of five kingdom of classification in zoology
Future Hall of Famer for sure. ROB is the anyone anytime anywhere kinda guy. His Resume is full of killers..he has cleared the Middleweight division......except for one guy - Izzy!
Both of there fights could be considered two of the top five fights in middleweight history.
That belt design looked so much better to me.
Robert threw many lethal kicks in the fight with Romero but in the fight with Adensaya didn't use kicks very much.
You see ppl saying take Izzy down and rob will win but they forget that Jan is way bigger then rob height n weight it way harder to defend a takedown at that point Izzy takedown defense will be better when he faces ppl his size n weight class
Not that much bigger in weight. Whittaker said multiple times he would eventually move up to 205 due to being heavy
@@rejachemno yea but they aren’t fighting at 205 are they
@@rejachemno also just like Jan you think they fight at 205 on the day of? No they put on alil bit of extra weight after the weigh ins so again more weight PLUS Hight plays a big part you’re gonna sit there n say Jan is not way more powerful then rob? Gtfo
@@rejachemno Rob fought at 170. He will not fight at 205. Not tall enough and his reach is smaller than Tony Ferguson’s.
Take me back….😢
Yoel vs khamzat freestyle wrestling match would be epic. JMO
It being an interim championship where they’d both be “new” makes the Official decision awkwardly long
Romero is such a beast! Too bad the last half of his career was downhill after the Costa fight 🤨
He just had 1 fight after Costa right ?
@@OutTaBeat Izzy than bellator both disappointing lack lustre fights
If izzy will fight as reckless as Romero....trust me Whittaker will be the happiest man on earth😅😅😅😅😅 "soldier of God"
Upload best takedowns of 2022
Romero is too good!
Romero is impressive 🥶
Good form Robert 🥊🥊🥊🥊🥊
Romero looks huge!. Closer to 200 than 185. Great fight.
because he is, you now about weight cuts?
This shows how good Adesanya is...the ability to neutralize both of these guys says a lot of his skill set.
Idk abt that Romero fight
Holy shit, I have 100% respect for Romero but Robert you stepped out of the box. I have seen you in all your fights and you seemed a little on the back foot whereas here you were the owner of the octagon. You fought so fast and determined. Congrats bro I can now see you being the toughest you earned every part of it. Well done.
A true warrior
Whittaker a beast!
Love watching romeros reaction to the decision
2:32 holy fuck, he just ragdolled him to the ground.
The only man who willingly to fight yoel 10 rounds
I hope this version of Whittaker will show up 🙏🏾
joel was on top of his game over here
2 Spartans..2 gods of war
Lol Bisping in audience at 5:18 yelling lol
Whittaker is so lighter and flexible I don't know how he gets beaten by Easzy everytime they match
We miss Romero. Without romero in the middle weight it is tasteless to watch... I think UFC should sign him back... 😇😇😇😇😇
Romero looks like hes made out of steel
I feel like they’re really promoting Whittaker rn. I feel like Adesanya and the UFC are low key beefing to be honest. They’re shafting him a bit rn
same way they promoted Chandler , Gane and Poirier agaisnt Oliveira and Francis. They all lost and Rob will lose to Izzy again.
Yeah…Izzy has 1 fight left on his contract after the Whittaker fight and is refusing to sign a new contract with the UFC. So he’s being given the same treatment as Ngannou. And the fight was put in Houston where the judges can be very dodgy with decisions, most notably the Jones-Reyes robbery…
All they did was suck Izzy the whole fight countdown lmao
They even said "he dominated Romero" even though that's a controversial decision and arguably Yoel won 1,2,5
Bro this just one video on Rob lol. They put Izzy on the thumbnail for the 1st embedded video. You guys are really reaching.
@@derekd7756done deal now 💰 Izzy seemed well satisfied with it too
EPIC!
I like how people watch a video meant to celebrate Rob and they use it to try to trash Izzy. You guys being salty haters isn't gonna make Rob reclaim the belt
Romero 💪👊
Romero is the true man of god
It saddens me that whittaker just doesn't have the same boom today that he had in this fight
No man was scarier than 'Dagestan bearded' Romero
Romero is nothing but a bloody pump action and other bastard is a powerfull AR.. Hell of a fight man ..
A true SOLDIER OF THE GOD
I remember this fight, i was in this fight and supporting Yoel becuz of his career and knockout power he made me his fan. But after this fight and unique style of Bobby knuckles i love to watch whittaker after this fight alwasy...even in Romero vs Robert 2 , i supported both but love to whittaker and he did exactly the same..Love both of the man ❤️
Prime Romero vs Usman would be a legendary fight
On e of the greatest fights I've ever seen
Why have they never posted these 2 wars i can never find the full fight
भगवान ''"' लता मंगेशकर जी '"'' की आत्मा को शांति दे💐💐💐RIP😭😭🙏.
Legend
Bot
So sad
Abe🤣🤣🤣 ye UFC k page pe kya kar ri ho...inko koi feelings nai hoti...inko legend Lata ji k bare me kuch nai pata
Yoel Romerogomedov with that beard
what a war
Man those wars with Yoel had to have taken some time off Whittakers career. Such crazy fights
This fight is the personification of two huge rams butting heads over and over.
Wow after