Rob said the difference between Yoel in this fight compared to the 1st was huge, said 1st one he felt human but in the 2nd he said Yoel felt like he was made out of concrete
I'm pretty sure 90% of UFC fighters take or have taken some juice and I understand it can be really hard to catch AND legally pursue (hell, I think Yoel took around 20 USADA tests in a single year). But man, it's so infuriating how it somehow becomes acceptable with fighters like Romero or Costa, both crazy cheaters but for whatever reason get a free pass every time.
I love how Yoel gets kicked in the head, everyone goes "ooooh" but he doesnt even step back, just keeps moving foward like its nothing. Hi did the same with Costa.
Can u imagine what Robs body felt like the day after fighting that beast? Sometimes I am truly amazed of how tough MMA fighters are and that makes me respect every each one of them even more.
Whittaker at 14:00 is some of the most insane, beautiful autopilot fighting I've ever seen. The man looks absolutely spent, on his last legs fighting a walking nightmare like The Soldier of God. But that elbow, sprawl, elbow combination he throws as he, fuelled by nothing but trained in instinct, walks down fucking Yoel Romero right after taking a pissball is just awesome. Really amazing.
Soon you'll transcend the casual status and become a hardcore. But you need to go back to the days of Lidell and Babalu and Pride before you start watching this.
Thanks for posting this man. I have no idea why this fight isnt talked about more. I personally think Bobby Knucles got 1,2, and 4. But for round 4 i can see an argument for total vs damage. Romero only got a few hits, but they ALL rocked Robert pretty badly. Meanwhile Rob got more quantity, a couple hurt Romero, but not nearly as bad as he was hurt. Either way, extremely good fight. Definition of MMA.
Effective Striking is considered “Legal blows that have immediate or cumulative impact with the potential to contribute towards the end of the match with the IMMEDIATE weighing in more heavily than the cumulative impact." According to the MMA judging criteria, immediate damage far outweighs cumulative damage. If you did more immediate damage, you won the round. All other criteria is secondary to this. So if Romero threw less strikes, but did significantly more damage, he won the round. After all, "MMA is an offensive based sport. No scoring is given for defensive maneuvers."
Man i miss Yoel Romero so fucking much, such a shame the UFC got rid of him when 2 out the 3 losses should have been counted as a win for him. Judges literally got him kicked off the UFC with their dogshit incompetence.
That is absolutely right mate, I strongly believe Yoel won those fights he had all all knock downs he was the aggressor all nights he really pushed the BASE to another level all we saw from Whittaker was that headkick and running like an athlete at World Cup stage, he just ran scared like a bitch, those judges should be ashamed for the rest of their lives for robbing the man
Romero won 4,5 convincingly 5 was a 10-8 and id give the third on damage inflicted. Simple matter is yoel missed weight and the ufc would never want the title becoming vacant if a decision was close , if yoel makes weight he wins that decision. Robert is a G but yoel won that fight
@@Dottor_J I personally think the fight was a draw but a common misconception about this fight is that Chicago had not adapted the new scoring criteria at the time of this fight this probably caused fans to be divided on who won
Bobby knuckle has a lion heart . Never surrender do or die that what he is . A worthy champion, a good husband , good family man and best of all he is not trash talking any body .
Bobby Knuckles is such a warrior. He could have fought behind the jab and played it safe with the broken hand, but no he always goes all in for the finish every fight.
Then izzy proceeded to run from Romero the whole fight because he was scared of his power. Interesting sport it’s almost like the Romero wars took a lot out of Whittaker 🤔
Whittaker won rounds 1,2 and 4. Romero won 3 and 5. Round 5 should have been a 10-8 imo, round 3 was a 10-9 cause Robert landed some serious shots despite copping so much from Romero. Should have been a draw!
@@user-vn8ep4ng55 Yes and Tony got dropped twice at the beginning of round two against Pettis but still won the round by picking him apart afterwards. I know it happening at the end of the round gives an idea that he should get it, but Rob was blasting him the entire round outside of that. That can't be discounted and Rob wasn't even dropped there.
I would watch these two fight every week if I could both fights were all out wars Love watching Bobby K flow with his striking his technique is beautiful , and he has some of the best kicks in mma , sucks he lost to I💤y twice , hopefully they get to fight again since the second fight was close
poor rob, had to go through the whole division then has to go to war twice with romero. i like izzy but i wouldnt mind seeing rob hold the belt once more, defend once or twice then fight izzy in a trilogy bout
Proper gamer and ESO don’t go in the same sentence. Also the dude bought FO76 and even one of those trash jackets. Nothing against Whittaker but wth is that about.
@@Death_Incarnate "proper gamer and ESO don't go in the same sentence" - only brainlet redditors still say this, WoW is an absolute husk of what it once was, BDO and all the others are vastly inferior to ESO now which is hands down the best MMO atm. Lemme guess, you think FNV is the best fallout?
@@bilbonob548 what does Reddit have to do with any of this? Who goes on that trash site? The fact that you brought that trash site up really shows how triggered you got. Keep playing that trash game ESO and FO76 though.
@@Death_Incarnate When you regurgitate reddit-tier opinions dont be shocked when you get called a redditor. FO76 is a broken mess, ESO is consistently ranked as the best MMO by pretty much every ranking of value. You most likely haven't played either, hence your "opinion™". Again, do you also consider FNV the best fallout?
True what Romero said to Mat Serra , the same thing my Father how was a boxer in the soviet time for 18 years also a trainer , he use to tell me that boxing is 90% intelligence and 10% power !
I bet you didn't look at the footage of Romero at the hospital and mind you, he was out from the sport for more than a year and yes, he lost 4 fights since losing to Rob the first time
Holy moley I forgot how crazy this fight was. I love both these guys and hope Whittaker wins his next fight against Izzy purely because of his character as a person lol.
Honestly watching it back Romero looked like he won. Whittaker had some great moments but he got rocked/ dropped 3-4 times. If it was Pride scoring (judging the fight as whole once its over) Romero would have won.
rob saying "i know he looks weak but he hits like a truck" is underrated
He said sweet not weak
Funny man that Robert
😂😂😂
@@Ori200 he mean when he was tired
I know it looks weak not he looks weak
Robert whittaker playing dark souls to escape from stress. Dude like wtf.
LMAOO
That’s what makes him a champ lmao dark souls is fun af
TR
@@dennisharris9626 dude that's not the point. I destroy my fucking keyboard after like 5 minutes of dark souls and he is playing it for relaxing
Bro dark souls is unironically a chill and relaxing game if you don't try too hard with it
the worldbuilding, sound design etc, it's all very chill
"Here's the head kick.....BOOM, and Yoel eats it like a tic tac"Roe Jogan
God damn, if there's only one trilogy i could wish for.
Larone hitting us up with some 10/10 content as usual
So do you Alex. Great job on kill tony
Rob said the difference between Yoel in this fight compared to the 1st was huge, said 1st one he felt human but in the 2nd he said Yoel felt like he was made out of concrete
Romero probably went back on the Cuban olympic PED diet.
@@Random_dudebro For sure
Luke Rockhold said the same about Romero after their fight. Shit's scary
@@Random_dudebro Whittaker also made a comment on his water retention “techniques” he said he would like to know his secret 😂
I'm pretty sure 90% of UFC fighters take or have taken some juice and I understand it can be really hard to catch AND legally pursue (hell, I think Yoel took around 20 USADA tests in a single year). But man, it's so infuriating how it somehow becomes acceptable with fighters like Romero or Costa, both crazy cheaters but for whatever reason get a free pass every time.
I love how Yoel gets kicked in the head, everyone goes "ooooh" but he doesnt even step back, just keeps moving foward like its nothing. Hi did the same with Costa.
And Brunson.
i believe they put some metal in his neck when he got surgery in Cuba
Nah son one of those head kicks made yoel stumble
The scar on the back of his head is where all the main wiring for the cyborg skeleton is
@@baileymcclain1094 name one head kick that made him stumble
What a fight. You have to be hard as nails to trade with Romero. Incredible. Cant have too many encounters like this in a career.
I love Whittaker. What a freaking competitor.
All that souls training for the final boss Romero
Underrated comment
Robert Whittaker was training in the Lands Between for that Marvin Vettori fight last time and it paid off, farmed a lot of runes on Mohgwyn Palace.
The fact that this fight went the distance was insane. My god. This was a war.
"I know he looks weak" lol
Was looking for this comment….couldn’t believe that when I heard it!
Underated humor
Obviously sarcasm
@@jackpd34 we know.
@@christianjohnson3580 a lot of people don't
14:00 So dazed, receiving shots, but still defending the takedown and throwing in tight elbows. Awesome
whittaker is amaaaazing
Robert: "I work harder than anyone else"
also Robert: "I put thousands of hours into games"
probably helps his fight game tbh
Yeah and ?
any work is honest work
Underrated comment 👏
Gaming in your spare time is okay when you train like a monster during your work periods.
Romero is just physically insane. it's like fighting a armored tank
My first event I went to live.
Did you see their penises? I was at this event I saw their penises. If you didn’t see their penises you missed out
@@MinoritiesRlazy wtf, how?
@@MinoritiesRlazy Pause
@@amolmishra7891 uh hold up bro. Explain
@@MinoritiesRlazy explain bro. u gotta explain
So nobody is going to mention how Rob made Yoel eat grass on his attempted leg grab at 13:10?
That shit was lowkey hilarious.
Literally lmao. Always loved that moment
Yoel = Prime quality, grass fed beef
He went for an inside trip then switched to a low single but rob slipped out
Yeah man that always cracks me up. Gives him a little bit of assistance into a face plant.
this is the definition of a war... its fucking unbelievable how many heavy strikes they both were able to absorb and still continue fighting
Can u imagine what Robs body felt like the day after fighting that beast? Sometimes I am truly amazed of how tough MMA fighters are and that makes me respect every each one of them even more.
it’s crazy to think the injury’s rob fought through during these fights.
Whittaker at 14:00 is some of the most insane, beautiful autopilot fighting I've ever seen. The man looks absolutely spent, on his last legs fighting a walking nightmare like The Soldier of God. But that elbow, sprawl, elbow combination he throws as he, fuelled by nothing but trained in instinct, walks down fucking Yoel Romero right after taking a pissball is just awesome. Really amazing.
Very impressive indeed. Really is unbelievable to watch.
Bobby's takedown defense was amazing in this fight
14:36 Unbelievable how he stayed on his feet
15:27 and how did that not kill Rob 😵
Yoel had chicken legs for a bit
What a fight bro, whittaker with a broken hand going the distance, romero is such a weapon
I've only recently gotten into the UFC so I really appreciate all this content of past fights Larone.
Soon you'll transcend the casual status and become a hardcore. But you need to go back to the days of Lidell and Babalu and Pride before you start watching this.
Thanks for posting this man. I have no idea why this fight isnt talked about more. I personally think Bobby Knucles got 1,2, and 4. But for round 4 i can see an argument for total vs damage. Romero only got a few hits, but they ALL rocked Robert pretty badly. Meanwhile Rob got more quantity, a couple hurt Romero, but not nearly as bad as he was hurt.
Either way, extremely good fight. Definition of MMA.
Effective Striking is considered “Legal blows that have immediate or cumulative impact with the potential to contribute towards the end of the match with the IMMEDIATE weighing in more heavily than the cumulative impact."
According to the MMA judging criteria, immediate damage far outweighs cumulative damage. If you did more immediate damage, you won the round. All other criteria is secondary to this. So if Romero threw less strikes, but did significantly more damage, he won the round.
After all, "MMA is an offensive based sport. No scoring is given for defensive maneuvers."
you can love him or hate him ist just impressiv what yoel is able to do at this age , its just crazy.
You should be paid by UFC. These vids make me want to go on fight pass and watch these fights. Tremendous work on these man great job
Rob is a human
He actually plays video games to chill out
@@vm6777 ok but who asked🤔
@@vm6777 And Alex Pereira slept your boi
@@vm6777 where the fuck did that comment come from. The guys talkin about video games
@@vm6777 Frontrunner
@@vm6777 Adesanya just got ktfod by Alex Pereira lol.
one of the fights that really got me into this crazy ass sport
Don’t call our sport a sport
-till…Darren
Whitaker vs Romero 2 is the biggest performance in the UFC ... Rob was fighting with broken hand against beast like Yoel .... craaazy ...
Rob has a really nice 1-2-headkick
Saw this live best fight I ever seen
Absolute legend for these best moments love ya man keep it up
Man i miss Yoel Romero so fucking much, such a shame the UFC got rid of him when 2 out the 3 losses should have been counted as a win for him. Judges literally got him kicked off the UFC with their dogshit incompetence.
That is absolutely right mate, I strongly believe Yoel won those fights he had all all knock downs he was the aggressor all nights he really pushed the BASE to another level all we saw from Whittaker was that headkick and running like an athlete at World Cup stage, he just ran scared like a bitch, those judges should be ashamed for the rest of their lives for robbing the man
yoel won the second one. but props to rob to keeping it close with a cuban genetic experimental super soldier
how did he win round by round?
Romero won 4,5 convincingly 5 was a 10-8 and id give the third on damage inflicted.
Simple matter is yoel missed weight and the ufc would never want the title becoming vacant if a decision was close , if yoel makes weight he wins that decision.
Robert is a G but yoel won that fight
@@JimmyGotRustled No shit but the commissions want the ufc to bring events to the states they represent so it pays to keep the ufc happy.
@@SirUnaiEmery I don't think Romero did enough to win 4 and 5 was definitely a 10-8
@@Dottor_J I personally think the fight was a draw but a common misconception about this fight is that Chicago had not adapted the new scoring criteria at the time of this fight this probably caused fans to be divided on who won
good to see both of the fighters have big respect with each other, almost 6 years ago but still one of the best moments in MMA fights
Bobby knuckle has a lion heart . Never surrender do or die that what he is . A worthy champion, a good husband , good family man and best of all he is not trash talking any body .
Ive been waiting for this one
incredible how a 40 year-old competes with young fighters. A legend!!
i love this recaps, thank you! fucking amazing! :)
Bobby Knuckles is such a warrior. He could have fought behind the jab and played it safe with the broken hand, but no he always goes all in for the finish every fight.
Its crazy that Yoel was beating on Whittaker with some POWER shots but Izzy only needed 3 solid counters to put him on the mat for good.
Then izzy proceeded to run from Romero the whole fight because he was scared of his power. Interesting sport it’s almost like the Romero wars took a lot out of Whittaker 🤔
@@insanebullets3768 will statue of liberty didn't help his cause as well, Izzy ain't no punching bag
@@insanebullets3768 Dude got a title shot after a loss and just stared at the champ. cmon dawg...
Bobby Knuckles is my favorite fighter hands down
You are beast man. 3 videos in one day
Oh yea Thanks Larone for this video. Idk if you seen my comments from previous videos abt this one but thanks bro
Romero is a legend
This is a fantastic channel
Yoel saying "One more time." at the face off...holy shit goosebumps.
nice editing, great vid
Keep up the legendary videos larone
a lot of respect to everyone who goes into that cage. esp to these two. taff as taff u can be.
Whitaker always looks hilarious when he gets rough he always does the same noodle legged thing
you should do these for boxing fights - george groves vs carl froch would be amazing you would have like an hour plus of clips to choose from
@Ranga Kodiak deadass lmfaoooo
Yoel Romero is superhuman
La candela
The people need Ngannou vs. Lewis
No, no we really don't.
@@lucritous5380 "I don't need it
I don't need it
I definitely don't need it"
Re: "I NEED IT"
RE: PINKY!
Boring fight we need jokes vs Francis
Facts
@@DeadSensei8269 i think jokes will beat ngannou via laughing too hard
THE GOAT LARONE
Whittaker won rounds 1,2 and 4. Romero won 3 and 5. Round 5 should have been a 10-8 imo, round 3 was a 10-9 cause Robert landed some serious shots despite copping so much from Romero. Should have been a draw!
I agree, but it was only right that Rob won since he was professional and made weight.
Idk Romero had him dazed in the 4th
@@user-vn8ep4ng55 Yes and Tony got dropped twice at the beginning of round two against Pettis but still won the round by picking him apart afterwards.
I know it happening at the end of the round gives an idea that he should get it, but Rob was blasting him the entire round outside of that. That can't be discounted and Rob wasn't even dropped there.
This fight just blew my mind
You've got a new subscriber bro
If this fight happened these days, in the last round that fight couldve been stopped atleast 3 times in YOELS favor. Crazy
I'm a geordie and talk funny for other non geordies. Romero though takes it to another level. Us 2 having a conversation would be insane!!
They basically won FOTY twice in a row shit is insane, and title fight ppv main event FOTYs!! Some historic shit right heAAA!!!
Amazing
I would watch these two fight every week if I could both fights were all out wars
Love watching Bobby K flow with his striking his technique is beautiful , and he has some of the best kicks in mma , sucks he lost to I💤y twice , hopefully they get to fight again since the second fight was close
I guess everyone wanted to see this kind of Romero in his fight against adesnya
Clear robbery... Though Whittaker displayed heart, Romero won this one
Best vids on TH-cam
poor rob, had to go through the whole division then has to go to war twice with romero. i like izzy but i wouldnt mind seeing rob hold the belt once more, defend once or twice then fight izzy in a trilogy bout
Nice fight💪👍
*THATSA WHAD I SAY THATSA WHAD I DO* - The Great Yoel ⭐️
Rob is ACTUALLY a proper gamer lol, smashing out ESO n that xD Sick guy
Proper gamer and ESO don’t go in the same sentence. Also the dude bought FO76 and even one of those trash jackets. Nothing against Whittaker but wth is that about.
@@Death_Incarnate "proper gamer and ESO don't go in the same sentence" - only brainlet redditors still say this, WoW is an absolute husk of what it once was, BDO and all the others are vastly inferior to ESO now which is hands down the best MMO atm. Lemme guess, you think FNV is the best fallout?
@@bilbonob548 what does Reddit have to do with any of this? Who goes on that trash site? The fact that you brought that trash site up really shows how triggered you got. Keep playing that trash game ESO and FO76 though.
@@Death_Incarnate When you regurgitate reddit-tier opinions dont be shocked when you get called a redditor. FO76 is a broken mess, ESO is consistently ranked as the best MMO by pretty much every ranking of value. You most likely haven't played either, hence your "opinion™". Again, do you also consider FNV the best fallout?
Didnt know Robert played ESO, thats sick.
Crazy fight
I wuv you larone
this was a god damn war
great fight
Izzy vs Whittaker 2 is gonna look a lot different. Fighting this guy back to back Rob needed way more time off. Juiced out black Cuban dude lol
Wttaker was a true champ future hall of fame
Swear Rob broke his hands and feet in this fight
He felt like a cement
Golden age of the ufc
True what Romero said to Mat Serra , the same thing my Father how was a boxer in the soviet time for 18 years also a trainer , he use to tell me that boxing is 90% intelligence and 10% power !
14:05 imagine being rocked and tired while this monster looks at you like this and stomps towards you
The Ufc was pushing for yoel and im glad rob defended it twice.
Damage wise...Whitaker got his ass stomped bad
I bet you didn't look at the footage of Romero at the hospital and mind you, he was out from the sport for more than a year and yes, he lost 4 fights since losing to Rob the first time
Robert undoubtedly won the first fight. But Yoel got robbed this fight
They hand out 10-8’s like candy now but couldn’t give Yoel a 10-8 for round 5
Crazy he didnt fight for the title for just 0.2 lbs😂😂
They screwed him over big time!!
Didn’t even let him get the extra hour. 99% of the time they get that extra time. BULLSHIT
What a joke. And now they did the same with Oliveira.
Sick to see Fab on here
Fab?
Where?
@@RTCLR123 1:33
Robert Whittaker is the only man alive that went 10 whole rounds with Yoel Romero and survived.
look at those ballons behind Romero, daaaaaamn 8:54
12:08 Romero's bombs don't just carry power, they also carry "AYAYAYI AYAYAYI AYAYAYAYAYA" with them!
Fucking love that shit man. Gives me life to hear that screaming whenever Yoel hosses at someone
Holy moley I forgot how crazy this fight was. I love both these guys and hope Whittaker wins his next fight against Izzy purely because of his character as a person lol.
dude 205 meromero would’ve been awesome
Damn the chin of Whitaker
Holly shit ! epic fight fight, fuck this belt, Romero we love You Bruh !
Romero: misses weight
Dana: the guy just doesn’t want to fight for the title
I lowkey thought he was just chillin with Vin dessel 😂
Honestly watching it back Romero looked like he won. Whittaker had some great moments but he got rocked/ dropped 3-4 times. If it was Pride scoring (judging the fight as whole once its over) Romero would have won.
For sure
Damn he got lucky star..
13:40
Robert jus doing the purely instinctual weird shoulder check always impressed me
IDK why
Whatever
Pretty damn smart move, never even noticed this