What mattered most at UFC 225 in Chicago on Saturday night? A few key takeaways …
1. The best middleweight title fight that actually wasn’t one
After watching Robert Whittaker and Yoel Romero hammer away at each other for five more rounds, let’s just say I have questions. Questions like, how was Whittaker still conscious after all that? Also, how is Romero still capable of such sudden bursts of athleticism at his age? And, of course, how do you score every one of those rounds a 10-9, even though some were fairly close and others included some near decapitations?
In the end, Whittaker wins again, mainly through an act of sheer will. The UFC middleweight champ is one of the toughest things on two legs. And somehow, after beating the same guy as last time, only slightly less convincingly, he only seems more legit as a result. Now that’s a main event.