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The Clinch

UFC 225: Whittaker vs. Romero 2

09 JUN 2018 / Chicago, Illinois, USA

Main event / Middleweight / 5 rounds scheduled

Robert Whittaker vs Yoel Romero

No photograph on file Robert Whittaker “The Reaper”

10-2-0 entering this bout

Age 27 · 6′0″182.9 cm

Won

No photograph on file Yoel Romero “Soldier of God”

9-2-0 entering this bout

Age 41 · 6′0″182.9 cm

Lost

Significant strikes landed / thrown
33/85
R1
9/24
29/77
R2
20/48
18/42
R3
36/77
34/93
R4
20/44
14/29
R5
26/47

Decision (Split) Round 5 · 5:00 Referee Dan Miragliotta

The cards

Judge Robert Whittaker Yoel Romero
Brian Puccillo 48 47
Sal D'amato 47 48
Chris Lee 48 47

Totals for the bout. No source on file publishes a round-by-round card.

Opening line
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Closing line
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Implied favourite
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Status
No odds have been ingested. Nothing here is estimated.
Robert Whittaker Enters 5-1-0 against GRAPPLING
Yoel Romero Enters 0-2-0 against STRIKING

Records count only bouts before this one. Opponent styles are career-aggregate and may draw on later fights.

Colour marks which fighter is which. Corner assignment is not in the corpus.

Round by round

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Robert Whittaker    Yoel Romero

Bout totals

128
Sig. strikes
111
129
Total strikes
149
57
To the head
76
23
To the body
19
48
To the legs
16
119
At distance
66
9
In the clinch
25
0
On the ground
20
0
Takedowns
3
0
Knockdowns
2
0
Sub. attempts
0
0:37
Control time
4:21

The full sheet

Every measure the corpus holds for this bout, per round, per corner.

Per-round statistics for both corners
Round Corner Sig. Total Head Body Leg Dist. Clinch Ground TD KD Ctrl
R1 Robert Whittaker 33/85 33/85 12/58 2/4 19/23 33/85 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0:00
Yoel Romero 9/24 9/24 3/15 2/4 4/5 9/24 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0:00
R2 Robert Whittaker 29/77 29/77 14/57 6/8 9/12 28/73 1/4 0/0 0/0 0 0:00
Yoel Romero 20/48 20/48 8/33 4/5 8/10 19/47 1/1 0/0 0/1 0 0:00
R3 Robert Whittaker 18/42 19/43 10/28 5/9 3/5 10/29 8/13 0/0 0/0 0 0:37
Yoel Romero 36/77 54/97 33/73 3/4 0/0 8/34 22/36 6/7 2/6 1 2:11
R4 Robert Whittaker 34/93 34/94 16/65 7/14 11/14 34/93 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0:00
Yoel Romero 20/44 20/44 14/37 4/5 2/2 20/44 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0:00
R5 Robert Whittaker 14/29 14/29 5/17 3/4 6/8 14/28 0/0 0/1 0/1 0 0:00
Yoel Romero 26/47 46/74 18/36 6/9 2/2 10/28 2/3 14/16 1/3 1 2:10

Who said so

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Field Value Source Rank Status
Is title fight No UFCStats relational (Kaggle) 12 Canonical
Is title fight No UFCStats via Kaggle 15 Agrees
Referee Dan Miragliotta UFCStats relational (Kaggle) 12 Canonical
Referee Dan Miragliotta UFCStats via Kaggle 15 Agrees
Result detail Brian Puccillo 47 - 48. Sal D'amato 48 - 47. Chris Lee 47 - 48. UFCStats relational (Kaggle) 12 Canonical
Result detail Brian Puccillo 47 - 48. Sal D'amato 48 - 47. Chris Lee 47 - 48. UFCStats via Kaggle 15 Agrees
Result end round 5 UFCStats relational (Kaggle) 12 Canonical
Result end round 5 UFCStats via Kaggle 15 Agrees
Result end time seconds 5:00 UFCStats relational (Kaggle) 12 Canonical
Result end time seconds 5:00 UFCStats via Kaggle 15 Agrees
Result method Decision - Split UFCStats relational (Kaggle) 12 Canonical
Result method Decision - Split UFCStats via Kaggle 15 Agrees
Scheduled rounds 5 UFCStats relational (Kaggle) 12 Canonical
Scheduled rounds 5 UFCStats via Kaggle 15 Agrees
Weight class Middleweight UFCStats relational (Kaggle) 12 Canonical
Weight class Middleweight UFCStats via Kaggle 15 Agrees