*People taking about Romero's power but he couldn't knock out Whitaker after 50 minutes*

[Brolypr]

yoel has that vitor belfort effect..he looks so menacing and wrecked a few people in the start of his career...so now no matter how many times he drops the ball when it counts people are still believing this time it will be different

 

[randomg1t]

yoel has that vitor belfort effect..he looks so menacing and wrecked a few people in the start of his career...so now no matter how many times he drops the ball when it counts people are still believing this time it will be different

he came really close to winning the belt from whittaker, and he wrecked several high level contenders.

people are hyped because he's always right there at the top.

 

[poor form]

Romero softened Whittaker up

those wars changed rob forever and made it easy for Israel to finish the job

Just think. You get to say the same about Whittaker, or Costa after he sends Romero to dream world.

 

[HI SCOTT NEWMAN]

The problem with Romero is he actually only throws about 5 punches per round, if he actually started getting more active and doing something then I think he would be a lot more dangerous, he just waits and waits and waits then loads up and going insane and explodes, and its very effective, but if he did it much more then he wouldn't be so limited and would have been champ a while ago.

 

[Post 2 Decision]

It's shocking that on an MMA forum people don't realize that styles make fights

 

[winkydinks]

Both Romero and Whittaker left years of their lives inside the cage. I wouldn't be surprised if Israel KOs Yoel, just like he did vs Robert.

If that was true, Costa should've slept Romero with ease.

 

[SKYNET]

*People taking about Romero's power

Here, you forgot the L... Take it

 

[DaWrassler007]

Adesanya needs to publically thank Romero for being the main factor in his KO over Whittaker

And why is that?
That roided mongrel lost fair and square.
Adesanya does the job himself, no need for cuban medicine from the syringe.

 

[Ramon Antonio]

No one was able to KO Minotauro Nogueira. Not Fedor. Not Crocop. Not Hendo. Not Sylvia. Not Josh Barnett.

Until Nog fought Frank Mir.

I guess none of those fighters have power save for Mir.

Did Nogeuiras chin detoriate in 2 fights though?

 

[Kono dio da!]

Maybe you should take a punch from him and adesanya and tell us who hits harder.

 

[MCS]

i'd agree but adesanya likes to back up in exchanges, and he's been hit while doing that a couple of times. romero swings fucking hammers in his fists, if he can close the distance and explode in that kind of exchange, izzy could go to sleep.

adesanya needs to stay the fuck away from him. romero throws him around in the clinch, mauls him on the ground, and has a good chance of hurting him from mid distance. but if israel stays away and throws his kicks and straight punches, he can outpoint him quite comfortably.

When he got KO'd in kickboxing he tried the counter left he did repeatedly against Whittaker. Rob fell short with the second punch while the guy who KO'd him threw a long hook before Ade could raise his right hand to cover. He was open to that punch against Rob and, IMO, it's a weakness when he throws the counter left. He's open when he leans back.

Romero's counters are fairly short and compact, though. Can explode, but it's very difficult to do so at the right time and the window is short for it. Most of this will likely be from distance as Yoel rarely presses wrestling and Ade's got the edge from range, I agree.

 

[Kono dio da!]

yoel has that vitor belfort effect..he looks so menacing and wrecked a few people in the start of his career...so now no matter how many times he drops the ball when it counts people are still believing this time it will be different

Real talk though, no bs or jokes etc, was vitor a one punch ko kind of guy? Or was he an accumulation guy. Because I always saw him blitzing and flurrying people, but I don't remember too many one punch knockouts. Like how would his power compare to yoel Romero?
Also the same question applies to linneker except how would it compare to Cody's lights out one punch ko power?

 

[eiyuu]

Did Nogeuiras chin detoriate in 2 fights though?

Or maybe being able to KO someone can have more to it than just power?

Would you say Anderson Silva is crazy powerful? Because he has many KOs but I would say Romero has more power than him, wouldn't you?

 

[Bearknuckle]

Romero destroyed Whittaker’s chin and he’ll never be the same again.

similar to Silva+Hendo destroying what was left of Ping’s chin before gsp lucked out and cherry picked him

Thats a dumb myth tho. He “destroyed” his chin in the first fight too. But then couldnt destroy it in the rematch? Is there a certain amount that pertains to equate a destroyed chin? Thats a dumb myth.

andrei arlovski was getting KO’d by any whiff of a punch like 10x prior. Then he fights rumble who literally broke his jaw but didnt KO him, does that mean rumble has no power?

Theres no actual science behind any of it. Any guy who gets hit clean will get knocked out.

pretty sure if any LW got a clean overhand right onto any Heavyweights jaw that he didnt see, it would knock him out.

 

[Ramon Antonio]

Or maybe being able to KO someone can have more to it than just power?

Would you say Anderson Silva is crazy powerful? Because he has many KOs but I would say Romero has more power than him, wouldn't you?

No Anderson is not powerful at all. Just a good counter striker, and most of his KOs are knees, kicks and elbows. I don't remember him knocking someone stiff with just a punch, but he might have some KOs like that.

Obviously Romero is more powerful, but still he did not break Withaker IMO. Withaker just got caught with some very clean shots by Adesanya.

 

[Taric]

Did Nogeuiras chin detoriate in 2 fights though?

Despite not knocking him out, Heath Herring's final fight with Nogueira cracked Nog's iron chin. The kick Heath landed was brutal and would have knocked out most fighters. Nog recovered but you could tell he was fucked up from it. He was never the same after.

 

[Ramon Antonio]

Despite not knocking him out, Heath Herring's final fight with Nogueira cracked Nog's iron chin. The kick Heath landed was brutal and would have knocked out most fighters. Nog recovered but you could tell he was fucked up from it. He was never the same after.

How do you explain him still having an iron chin after being fucked up by Bob Sapp? A man who outweighs him by how many pounds?

 

[jx820]

Romero hasn't won a fight in 2 years, he's 42 now. He's fighting a superior striker who's 12 years yonger with 6 inches of height on him and a 7" reach advantage.

Yoel's power is probably the least important factor going into this fight. His striking just needs to set up his wrestling or he's going to get beat up all night.

 

[Taric]

How do you explain him still having an iron chin after being fucked up by Bob Sapp? A man who outweighs him by how many pounds?

Nog was legitimately knocked unconscious when he was power bombed on his head in that fight. He has admitted as much himself. If Sapp simply stood up the fight would have been stopped.

 

[Local Plata]

Woodley couldn't KO Wonderboy after 50min with him, but Pettis did it in under 10.

Woodley threw like 20 punches in 1 fight combined. The first fight was the most fucking disgusting display of do-nothing bitches I've ever seen in MMA. IIRC they threw 13 punches combined in the first 2 rounds.