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8 hours after Dana said this fight wouldn’t happen lol

 

Big clashing fights. Obviously gonna watch UFC 225 but intrigued by Terrance Crawford and Jeff Horn juuust before the UFC PPV starts

 

Always an interesting interview. Dude is genuine for sure and I'm pulling for him.

 

I like punk. I’ll always cheer on someone determined to chase a dream

 

Robert Whittaker (c) vs. Yoel Romero
Rafael dos Anjos vs. Colby Covington
Holly Holm vs. Megan Anderson
Andrei Arlovski vs. Tai Tuivasa
CM Punk vs. Mike Jackson
Alistair Overeem vs. Curtis Blaydes
Cláudia Gadelha vs. Carla Esparza

Of the fights I'm really caring about, assuming all hold until Saturday.

 

Anthony Bourdain passed away

Not directly related but he narrated some UFC stuff and was a huge fan/BJJ blue belt

 

Bourdain stopped in for a day at my gym before I was a member, was always hoping he'd come back one day so I could roll with him. If you haven't read about his experiences, I highly recommend it.
SWEEP THE LEG, JOHNNY! – Parts Unknown – Medium

 

Everyone else has weighed in and made weight besides Romero. He’s got 30 minutes to get on the scale

 

Romero at 186, come on man.

 

Again.


AGAIN.

Yo Dana, what made you think that he'd be better this time around? He's 40. Your body isn't shaking that water anymore.

 

Wasn’t Rob pretty adamant before about not fighting him if he couldn’t make the weight?

It’s only a pound and I’m sure he’ll lose it but still

 

I wouldn't bet that he loses it.


If he doesn't, Whittaker shouldn't take the fight again.

What's the point?

 

$$$

 

But if he misses weight, they can't fight anyway.

To my knowledge, no titleholder has taken a nontitle fight against the number one contender in their own division.

If they lose, they're basically lame duck champion.

 

The only close example I can think of that had that scenario is Paulo Filho vs. Chael Sonnen for the WEC Middleweight belt, but that was because the champ missed weight. Filho missed weight and lost, but Chael still didn't win the belt. It didn't matter anyway though since it was the final WEC MW title fight.

This would be a lot worse in the case that Romero doesn't make weight but beats Whittaker. That puts the MW division in a very weird spot since the top guy would have hypothetically won the interim championship and undisputed champion but missed weight both times.

 

Yoel missed by .2, 185.2lbs

Christ. Fight is probably going to be scrapped now since it's non-title.

 

They have to call the fight now.

No other middleweights on the card either. Poor planning on UFC's part.

 

This is getting so old.....

 

If they scrap this fight I’ll be so fucking pissed. This just solidified that I should never go to a UFC event. This garbage happens every fucking time. Not worth the money.

 

and just like that, Colby Covington is a headliner lol...my lord.

 

Yeah fights probably off now. God dammit Yoel

 

CM Punk main event lets gooooooooooo

 

At least Reem gets to move back to the main card lol

 

Actually. Whittaker might still fight. That money with CM Punk on the card might be enticing lol