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See how fighters reacted to Israel Adesanya vs. Yoel Romero at UFC 248

March 8, 2020
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UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya put his belt on the line in his 1st title defense against Yoel Romero in the main event at UFC 248.

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Romero (13-4 MMA) looked to capture the UFC middleweight title last night in the main event at UFC 248 from undefeated champion Israel Adesanya. The Cuban stepped in the Octagon on a 2-fight losing streak after dropping a decision loss to Robert Whittaker and Paulo Costa, each. Romero was granted a title shot at the request of Adesanya, who was initially scheduled to fight Paulo Costa.

Israel Adesanya won the UFC middleweight title last October at UFC 243 from the former champion Robert Whittaker, who he beat via 2nd-round TKO. He was supposed to make his 1st title defense against Paulo Costa, who withdrew from the bout after suffering a bicep injury. Instead of waiting for his Brazilian rival to recover from his injury, Adesanya opted to fight against Romero instead.

The two met inside the Octagon in the main event at UFC 248, which turned out to be a somewhat of a lackluster performance. The fight started off slow, with Adesanya only landing 2 significant strikes in the opening round. Romero reciprocated that with only 4 strikes of his own and the action hardly picked up in the following rounds, with just a few short flurries of strikes being landed by either fighter. In the end, Israel Adesanya edged out a unanimous decision win over his Cuban foe. You can watch the highlights from last night’s main event and get the official result here.

See how other fighters reacted to the 5-round main event at UFC 248 featuring Israel Adesanya and Yoel Romero.

@YoelRomeroMMA is going to do this of for us old folk. āœŠšŸ¼#UFC248

— Tito Ortiz (@titoortiz) March 8, 2020

Legit thought there would start with a dance off šŸ˜‚ #ufc248

— Niko Price (@Nikohybridprice) March 8, 2020

It looked like Romeros controller was broken on the @ufc game

— Gerald Harris (@GHurricane) March 8, 2020

Imagine we have a repeat of Ngannou and Lewis 😮 #ufc248

— JIMI MANUWA (@POSTERBOYJM) March 8, 2020

People are booing but I’m on the edge of my seat here. Fascinating

— michael (@bisping) March 8, 2020

Odd start so far but still 2-0 Yoel

— Alan Jouban (@AlanJouban) March 8, 2020

2-1 Yoel

— Alan Jouban (@AlanJouban) March 8, 2020

Wow. First time I heard the ref say that

— JIMI MANUWA (@POSTERBOYJM) March 8, 2020

šŸ‡§šŸ‡· @BorrachinhaMMA offers up his two cents from Octagon side. #UFC248 pic.twitter.com/mFvWQvK6V8

— UFC (@ufc) March 8, 2020

Who the fuck is winning this fight you think?

— michael (@bisping) March 8, 2020

3-1 Yoel?? #UFC248

— GILBERT BURNS DURINHO (@GilbertDurinho) March 8, 2020

Close round but I got it tied up going into the 5th. 2-2

— Alan Jouban (@AlanJouban) March 8, 2020

Think it's safe to say I had the most exciting @ufc middleweight fight tonight. #UFC248

— Gerald Meerschaert (@The_Real_GM3) March 8, 2020

Just terrible. At least he had Weili vs JJ

— Ben Askren (@Benaskren) March 8, 2020

Really?

— GILBERT BURNS DURINHO (@GilbertDurinho) March 8, 2020

I love Izzy, but in my honest opinion, Romero won that due to extreme inactivity on both parties but Romero doing slightly more. #UFC248

— Aljamain Sterling (@funkmasterMMA) March 8, 2020

A lot of the fans in the arena could be heard booing throughout the entire 5-round bout, Referee Dan Miragliotta even warned both fighters to get more active, which many of the spectators thought was unusual.

This article first appeared on CLOSEDGUARDMEDIA.com on 8th March, 2020.

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