Oh, Wik, where to begin?
Holloway had bad weight cut for Khabib, then concussion problems (rumoured), lotta ppl were fading him v Ortega and he mopped the floor with the kid. We've seen this movie before. Yoel injured Robert's knee early in the first fight and he still won. The guy is insanely tough
and talanted
. This is championship combo right there.
And talks about Robert being "small md" are not as true like maybe when he debuted in the weightclass. He is not big as some animals like Weidman or Rockhold, but he has dense muscles and he is middleweight for quite some time, he filled up that frame. I would say he is middle of the pack MW in terms of how much weight he cuts for that weightclass. He is not huge MW, but he
is not tiny guy that doesn't cut at all. He is very ripped, too.
Robert is very, very good wrestler. You don't stuff Romero's takedowns if you can't wrestle! We maybe didn't saw many TDs from him, but the guy has a lot of strictly wrestling experience: he won the Australian National Wrestling Championships gold medal in 2017. He competes in amateur tournaments since 2015.