Adesanya Vs Romero Fight
- Israel Adesanya has retained his middleweight belt in a truly bizarre UFC 248 main event fight against Yoel Romero. The two men stood at a distance dancing around the Octagon with a punch not thrown for close to three minutes in the opening round.
- The victory moves Adesanya to 19-0 including eight victories inside the famed Octagon, while Romero has now lost four of his last five fights and is 0-3 in official title fights.
- Both Adesanya and Romero threw fewer strikes in this fight than most of their other fights in the UFC, leading to a very boring 25 minutes for fans. Thankfully, the co-main event for the UFC women’s strawweight title between Weili Zhang and Joanna Jedrzejczyk turned out to be an absolute war that more than made up for a lackluster main event.
The UFC president was disappointed with how Israel Adesanya ’s title defense against Yoel Romero played out Saturday at T-Mobile Arena. Romero turned out to be an uneventful five-round.
LAS VEGAS – Dana White was far from pleased with the UFC 248 main event and didn’t hold back in making that known.
Adesanya Vs Romero Fight Card
The UFC president was disappointed with how Israel Adesanya’s title defense against Yoel Romero played out Saturday at T-Mobile Arena. Adesanya vs. Romero turned out to be an uneventful five-round decision favoring the UFC middleweight champion. White expressed regret for making the fight.
“When I’m sitting here today talking about this, the matchmakers didn’t love that fight and didn’t want to make that fight,” White told reporters at the post-fight news conference. “They didn’t want to make Romero vs. Adesanya. But the goofy fan in me said, ‘Are you sh*tting me? Come on, this will be a fun fight to do, and the fact that (Adesanya) wants to fight a guy that nobody else wants to fight?’ Now, hindsight is 20/20. (We) probably shouldn’t have done that fight and we should’ve waited for (Paulo) Costa. But oh well. We did it.”
Adesanya Vs Romero Fight Live
White can’t wait for Adesanya’s second title defense against Brazil’s Paulo Costa and said that’s the fight to make next for the Nigerian-born champion. Costa, who has a win over Romero, is regarded as the rightful No. 1 contender but couldn’t fight Adesanya due to injury.
Adesanya Vs Romero Fight Free
“Costa vs. Adesanya will be a ridiculous fight,” White said. “I guarantee it. I absolutely guarantee it. (Adesanya) got what he wanted – he got (Romero) on his resume. He beat him, and on to Costa.”