Pros Reaction To Main Headliner And Co-Main Event
UFC 248 is in the books now and we have witnessed two title fights which went down last night (Sat., March 7, 2020) from inside the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
In the main headliner, undefeated middleweight champion Israel Adesanya retains his title after defeating challenger Yoel Romero via unanimous decision after rounds.
Meanwhile, in the co-main event women’s Strawweight champion, Weili Zhang retains her title via split decision after an epic back-and-forth brawl with former champion Joanna Jedrezejczyk. Both fighters landed over 600 strikes over the course of five-round. That was one awe-inspiring performance from both.
Check out below what pros has to say about Weili Zhang’s win over Joanna Jedrezejczyk and Israel Adesanya’s win over Yoel Romero.
Main Headliner Reactions:
I had it 4-1 for @YoelRomeroMMA 🤷♂️
— Justin Gaethje 🇺🇸 (@Justin_Gaethje) March 8, 2020
Sometimes fights be like that, the ladies shined tho! #UFC248
— Angela Hill (@AngieOverkill) March 8, 2020
Not even Adesanya believe he won…I had Romero all the way!
— Rafael dos Anjos (@RdosAnjosMMA) March 8, 2020
Not even Adesanya believe he won…I had Romero all the way!
— Rafael dos Anjos (@RdosAnjosMMA) March 8, 2020
What they always say tho, to beat the champ you gotta BEAT the champ, and Yoel didn’t really do that. #UFC248
— Brad Tavares (@BradTavares) March 8, 2020
Adesanya fought like a champion-exactly the way he had to… You have to decisively beat the champ.
Counter fighter versus counter Fighter is the toughest chess match imo!
Respect to both I love watching The highest level of mma #UFC248 ✊🏾— Dominick Cruz (@DominickCruz) March 8, 2020
So after the ladies that title fight came across as light sparrring. But sometimes that’s how the fight game goes. #ufc248
— Sarah Kaufman (@mmasarah) March 8, 2020
Legit thought there would start with a dance off 😂 #ufc248
— Niko Price (@Nikohybridprice) March 8, 2020
This was a scary fight for Izzy I don’t think he fights like this again Yoels just so scary with his slowness to explosiveness
— Belal Muhammad (@bullyb170) March 8, 2020
@YoelRomeroMMA is going to do this of for us old folk. ✊🏼#UFC248
— Tito Ortiz (with the blue check) (@titoortiz) 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
🇧🇷 @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
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
— Funky (@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
Co-Main Reactions:
For JJ to win she has to stick and move.
— michael (@bisping) March 8, 2020
WTF is up with JJ forehead???🤮
— Funky (@Benaskren) March 8, 2020
This fight is WILD! #UFC248
— Niko Price (@Nikohybridprice) March 8, 2020
This fight !!! 😳😳
— Chris Weidman (@chrisweidman) March 8, 2020
And give these women some MONEY too!!!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥
— Alan Jouban (@AlanJouban) March 8, 2020
This is the craziest fight I’ve ever seen #UFC248
— JIMI MANUWA (@POSTERBOYJM) March 8, 2020
Great fucking fight! Best womens mma fight ever.
— michael (@bisping) March 8, 2020
Wow that was awesome! I got JJ 3-2 but im not all that confident
— Funky (@Benaskren) March 8, 2020
This fight is stressing me out lol they are scrapping #UFC248
— Cub Swanson (@CubSwanson) March 8, 2020
JJ looks like her forehead is pregnant with twins!
— Gerald Harris (@GHurricane) March 8, 2020
Respect to both ladies.
— michael (@bisping) March 8, 2020
What a WAR between @joannamma and the chinese machine @zhangweilimma ?! 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Congrats to both of them 👏👏👏#UFC248— Francis Ngannou (@francis_ngannou) March 8, 2020
AMAZING!!! #UFC248 pic.twitter.com/VqIsMY1kz0
— “Wonderboy” Thompson (@WonderboyMMA) March 8, 2020
THAT was a FIGHT FIGHT!!!
Both women fought like monsters and champions. Congrats to both!#UFC248— Corey 'Overtime' Anderson (@CoreyA_MMA) March 8, 2020
Great job by the judges in Las Vegas. #UFC248
— Tito Ortiz (with the blue check) (@titoortiz) March 8, 2020
what a fucking fight! two badass women putting it all on the line much much respect one of the best fights i ever seen 👊🙏
— Dillon Danis (@dillondanis) March 8, 2020
Wow what an amazing performance tonight by these two warriors! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🏆🏆 https://t.co/Z8ztghxJlv
— Andrea Lee (@AndreaKGBLee) March 8, 2020
That’s a warrior right there ! @joannamma https://t.co/jTnOHaouUk
— Jessica Eye (@jessicaevileye) March 8, 2020
