Robert Whittaker and Yoel Romero will play it back , as the two fighters will do battle for the second time in the main event of UFC 225. Whittaker, who won the first match at UFC 213, is your -260 favorite with Romero coming back in +200.
The first fight between Whittaker and Romero played out as a lot of people could have predicted, with Romero winning the first rounds thanks to his explosiveness and wrestling while Whittaker’s aerobic vascular and volume striking finally won him the struggle in the subsequent rounds.
Whittaker hasn’t fought because UFC 213, as he suffered a staph infection, which derailed a title defense against Luke Rockhold at UFC 221.
Romero stuffed in to compete against Rockhold and stepped into Whittaker’s shoes. Romero won that fight using his striking more than his wrestling, as his ability obtained to Rockhold and led to yet another third-round stoppage success for”The Soldier of God.”
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