By Anthony Caruso III | Publisher
Published on Sunday, March 8, 2020 at 3:12 am EST
Israel Adesanya wanted to change Yoel Romero at his best. And he was able to beat the 42-year-old, while he is still an elite fighter.
Adesanya defeated Romero by unanimous decision on Saturday night at UFC 248 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. The 30-year-old won 48-47, 48-47, and 49-46 on the judges score card.
It was a very boring fight following the very good fight between Weili Zhang and Joanna Jedrzejczyk. Zhang retained her belt in a split decision, but there was a lot of action in that fight.
Unlike Adesanya and Romero, as both fighters complained about the style of the fight.
“The people pay for a pay-per-view for a good fight, not for this. The people want to see the good fight, not like this,” Romero said to UFC broadcaster Joe Rogan after the fight. “The people pay for a pay-per-view to see fights, not running. You want to see running, go see Usain Bolt.”
Adesanya remained perfect, as he is now 19-0 in his MMA career. This was only the fifth-time in his career that a fight went the distance.
All five of his decision wins have come in his last seven fights. This was his first decision win in nearly a year when he defeated Kelvin Gastelum at UFC 236 by unanimous decison on April 13, 2019.
“It was a hard fight,”Adesanya said. “To say it’s cliche, I did what I had to do to win. Look at his leg, he’s going to be limping after this fight. I f*cked up his leg. He touched me in the first-round and that was the hardest shot that he landed on me. I knew OK after that, I could take his best shot. I did what I had to do, as I picked him apart. The legs don’t lie. I did what I had to do to win the fight,”
With the loss, the “Soldier of God” fell to 13-5 in his career. Four of his five losses have come by decision, including back-to-back losses by unaninous decision.
In fact, Romero has lost his last three fights. His skid also includes four losses in his last five fights since 2017.
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