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UFC 221: Romero vs. Rockhold

Posted on 2/10/18 at 8:00 pm
Posted by castorinho
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Posted on 2/10/18 at 8:00 pm
game thread

Main card (PPV at 10 p.m. ET)

Yoel Romero vs. Luke Rockhold
Mark Hunt vs. Curtis Blaydes
Tai Tuivasa vs. Cyril Asker
Jake Matthews vs. Li Jingliang
Tyson Pedro vs. Saparbek Safarov
This post was edited on 2/10/18 at 8:28 pm
Posted by RMFT15
Birmingham
Member since May 2014
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Posted on 2/10/18 at 8:03 pm to


ETA any chance e you could add the fight card?
This post was edited on 2/10/18 at 8:04 pm
Posted by JustLivinTheDream
Member since Jan 2017
3497 posts
Posted on 2/10/18 at 8:10 pm to
Prelims have been good so far. Formiga landed a beautiful spinning back forearm that really should have stopped the fight, it was a devastating shot. He got the finish moments later, think he choked Nguyen completely out.

Second fight was total domination by Volkanovski, nothing but GnP for two rounds until he got the stoppage.

This middleweight fight coming on now is going to be a good one
Posted by lsu223
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2008
2133 posts
Posted on 2/10/18 at 8:12 pm to
quote:

any chance e you could add the fight card?



Luke Rockhold vs. Yoel Romero
Mark Hunt vs. Curtis Blaydes — Blaydes def. Hunt by unanimous decision (30-26 x2, 29-27)
Cyril Asker vs. Tai Tuivasa — Tuivasa def. Asker by TKO (punches and elbows) at 2:18 of Round One
Li Jingliang vs. Jake Matthews — Matthews def. Li by unanimous decision (29-28, 30-26 x2)
Tyson Pedro vs. Saparbek Safarov — Pedro def. Safarov by submission (kimura) at 3:54 of Round One
Damien Brown vs. Dong Hyun Kim — Kim def. Brown by split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
Israel Adesanya vs. Rob Wilkinson — Adesanya def. Wilkinson by TKO (punches) at 3:37 of Round Two
Jeremy Kennedy vs. Alex Volkanovski — Volkanovski def. Kennedy by TKO (punches) at 4:57 of Round Two
Jussier Formiga vs. Ben Nguyen — Formiga def. Nguyen by technical submission (rear naked choke) at 1:43 of Round Three
Mizuto Hirota vs. Ross Pearson — Pearson def. Hirota by unanimous decision (30-27 x2, 29-28)
Teruto Ishihara vs. Jose Quinonez — Quinonez def. Ishihara by unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)
Daichi Abe vs. Luke Jumeau — Jumeau def. Abe by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-27, 28-27)
This post was edited on 2/10/18 at 10:51 pm
Posted by JJ27
Member since Sep 2004
60314 posts
Posted on 2/10/18 at 8:13 pm to
That doesn’t really read like a PPV Card imo. Closer to a Fight Night.
Posted by Lawyered
The Sip
Member since Oct 2016
29316 posts
Posted on 2/10/18 at 8:27 pm to
Also Romero missed weight so the main event is a catchweight....
Seconded on the bad PPV card...Definitely stream this one
This post was edited on 2/10/18 at 8:28 pm
Posted by JustLivinTheDream
Member since Jan 2017
3497 posts
Posted on 2/10/18 at 8:28 pm to
Adesanya looked really good with the striking. Took his time and broke Wilkinson down with hard punches and knees. Crowd likes his mic skills lol
Posted by diat150
Louisiana
Member since Jun 2005
43557 posts
Posted on 2/10/18 at 8:29 pm to
UFC has had a run of bad luck.

They probably had to pay out there arse to keep rockhold and Romero on the card.
Posted by lsu223
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2008
2133 posts
Posted on 2/10/18 at 8:32 pm to
quote:

They probably had to pay out there arse to keep rockhold and Romero on the card.



I think Romero is the big loser here. They negotiated the amount of his purse he has to give Rockhold in order to keep the fight on.
Posted by PT24-7
Member since Jul 2013
4370 posts
Posted on 2/10/18 at 8:35 pm to
Not watching but I’d love updates if possible
Posted by lsurapper
Member since Oct 2017
271 posts
Posted on 2/10/18 at 8:35 pm to
They only need 4 ppv’s a year and they should stack them. Make every year a tournament like Bellator.
Posted by lsucoonass
shreveport and east texas
Member since Nov 2003
68462 posts
Posted on 2/10/18 at 8:37 pm to
Yeah even when he reweighed he was still almost 3 pounds over

Posted by lsucoonass
shreveport and east texas
Member since Nov 2003
68462 posts
Posted on 2/10/18 at 8:38 pm to
Well it's in Australia so by default you will have more international fighters that aren't always that known to us

Mark hunt looks to be in the best shape of his fight career; I'm impressed
Posted by lsucoonass
shreveport and east texas
Member since Nov 2003
68462 posts
Posted on 2/10/18 at 8:39 pm to
Well Romero did take this on a relatively short notice
Posted by lsu223
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2008
2133 posts
Posted on 2/10/18 at 8:44 pm to
quote:

They only need 4 ppv’s a year and they should stack them.


This would be great and I would buy each of them but it just isn't the nature of their business anymore. I think they overextended themselves a little bit with the Fox deal.
Posted by joechristoppher77
Ruston
Member since Apr 2006
5319 posts
Posted on 2/10/18 at 8:54 pm to
Wow, I missed that, so he lost no additional weight from the initial weigh in, thought that might happen
Posted by lsucoonass
shreveport and east texas
Member since Nov 2003
68462 posts
Posted on 2/10/18 at 8:57 pm to
Not enough no, it was like 187.7

I think he took this fight on short notice and rushed his weight cut

I heard he wasn't a very big middleweight as far as walking weight goes
Posted by diat150
Louisiana
Member since Jun 2005
43557 posts
Posted on 2/10/18 at 8:57 pm to
Rockhold looked like shite also. Due looked like he could barely stand up after the weigh in.
Posted by lsucoonass
shreveport and east texas
Member since Nov 2003
68462 posts
Posted on 2/10/18 at 8:58 pm to
There must be 2 dong Hyun Kim's

I remember the stun gun and this clearly is not him
Posted by lsucoonass
shreveport and east texas
Member since Nov 2003
68462 posts
Posted on 2/10/18 at 8:58 pm to
He looked very thin and drained
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