Event UFC 221: Rockhold vs. Romero [Results]

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    UFC 221: ROCKHOLD vs. ROMERO

    11 February 2018 | Perth Arena | Perth, WA

    MAIN CARD
    Pay-Per-View, 10 p.m. ET
    Luke Rockhold vs. Yoel Romero
    Mark Hunt vs. Curtis Blaydes
    Cyril Asker vs. Tai Tuivasa
    Jake Matthews vs. Li Jingliang
    Tyson Pedro vs. Saparbek Safarov

    PRELIMINARY CARD
    FS1, 8 p.m. ET
    Damien Brown vs. Dong Hyun Kim
    Rob Wilkinson vs. Israel Adesanya
    Jeremy Kennedy vs. Alexander Volkanovski
    Ben Nguyen vs. Jussier Formiga

    PRELIMINARY CARD
    UFC Fight Pass, 7 p.m. ET
    Mizuto Hirota vs. Ross Pearson
    Teruto Ishihara vs. Jose Alberto Quinonez
    Luke Jumeau vs. Daichi Abe​
     
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    speeds $2.50 highball, $1.50 beer Staff Member Administrator GFX Team

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    Rockhold is 3" taller and probably has 15-lbs. on Whittaker. Combined with his overall skill set I favour him to recapture his belt in this fight.
     
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    I'm actually looking at Whittaker to end the fight in the first round. Rockhold leaves himself open to strikes in the early going of fights, or at least has his last two fights, and I think Whittaker is going to tag him and finish.

    Damn good looking fight card in Australia any which way it happens tho.
     
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    Pretty even matchup... going to go with Withtaker because I think he has the better chin.
     
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    uhhhh... Penn should retire.
     
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    Cyborg offers to fight Megan Anderson on this card.
     
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    Retire BJ wtf
     
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    BJ isn't fighting on this card and has decided not to fight at featherweight again.
     
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    Whittaker ruled unfit, Romero replaces, new interim belt on the line
     
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    BJ should never fight again.
     
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    Jimmy Smith to provide colour commentary for this card.
     
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    Romero missed weight. They are negotiating.
     
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    They settled on 30%.

    Little harsh for Romero being a late replacement and all but thems are the breaks.
     
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    In live time I thought Tuivasa head-butted Asker in the center of the octagon, but in replay he just caught a mean elbow that pushed him to the cage. Dominant performance there.
     
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    Blaydes took some punishment in the first round, and then totally smothered Hunt for the rest of the fight. I thought he might could have done some more damage with full mount, but a win over Hunt is a good win going forward no matter how it gets done.
     
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    Damn Yoel. Just starched dude, and it's always great to see Rockhold take a beating. Either a Whittaker or Weidman rematch or makes sense to me next.
     
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    Results
    • Yoel Romero def. Luke Rockhold via knockout (punches) – Round 3, 1:48
    • Curtis Blaydes def. Mark Hunt via unanimous decision (30-26, 30-26, 29-27)
    • Tai Tuivasa def. Cyril Asker via TKO (strikes) – Round 1, 2:18
    • Jake Matthews def. Li Jingliang via unanimous decision (29-28, 30-26, 30-26)
    • Tyson Pedro def. Saparbek Safarov via submission (kimura) – Round 1, 3:54
    • “Maestro” Dong Hyun Kim def. Damien Brown via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
    • Israel Adesanya def. Rob Wilkinson via TKO (strikes) – Round 2, 3:37
    • Alex Volkanovski def. Jeremy Kennedy via TKO (strikes) – Round 2, 4:57
    • Jussier Formiga def. Ben Nguyen via technical submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 3, 1:43
    • Ross Pearson def. Mizuto Hirota via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
    • Jose Quinonez def. Teruto Ishihara via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)
    • Luke Jumeau def. Daichi Abe via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-27, 28-27)
     
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    Everyone saying Rockhold learned nothing from the Bisping loss. Still overly casual, poor striking defence, moves in straight lines and doesn't give his opponent any respect.
     
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    Is Tai Tuivasa the next Mark Hunt?
     

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