Yoel Romero scored an impressive knockout of Luke Rockhold with two brutal punches early into the third round, in the main event of UFC 221 on Saturday night from Perth, Australia.
Yoel Romero was supposed to fight Luke Rockhold for the interim UFCmiddleweight championship, but he missed the 185-pound championship weight limit, coming in at 187.7, and thus was not eligible to win the title.
Check out how the pros reacted to Yoel Romero’s big win:
This feels like it's either Romero in the first or early second or Rockhold getting the decision.
— Suzanne (@SoozieCuzie) February 11, 2018
Think Luke’s the better all around fighter but will come down to his chin. 1st round is everything in my opinion. #UFC221
— Chris Weidman (@chrisweidman) February 11, 2018
Enjoy the engagement
— Ian McCall (@Unclecreepymma) February 11, 2018
Fascinating first round. Romero's low kick defense is nice. #UFC221
— Dan Hardy (@danhardymma) February 11, 2018
How does Yoel drive a car with those traps? There’s no way he could head check before a lane change. #ufc221
— Michael Chiesa (@MikeMav22) February 11, 2018
That's it; he's dead. #ufc211 pic.twitter.com/hDIVifI0yH
— The Mane Event™ (@EliasTheodorou) February 11, 2018
BRUTAL!
— Matheus Nicolau (@NicolauMatheus) February 11, 2018
FML!
— Daniel Cormier (@dc_mma) February 11, 2018
Congrats you win 🚫. #UFC221
— Ian McCall (@Unclecreepymma) February 11, 2018
Buenas Noches (Good night) from @YoelRomeroMMA to Rockhold. Wow 👏⭐ @ufc @UFC_AUSNZ #ufc221
— Alex Chambers (@alexchambersmma) February 11, 2018
Them temple shots are no joke! Romero with the win, but that fog of not making weight still looms over this. #UFC221
— Aljamain Sterling (@funkmasterMMA) February 11, 2018
Romero is one explosive son of a gun #UFCPerth
— Belal Muhammad (@bullyb170) February 11, 2018
Woah!! 👀 but what happens to the division now?! #ufc221
— Shane Burgos (@HurricaneShaneB) February 11, 2018
Yoel Romero the new interim non-champ!!! #UFC221
— The Thugjitsu Master (@thugjitsumaster) February 11, 2018
Fuck you @LukeRockhold bad person.
— Antonio Pezao Silva (@BigfootSilva) February 11, 2018
Well damn! Romero is a human buzz saw. That second punch was like a shotgun to the face. #UFC221
— Dan Hardy (@danhardymma) February 11, 2018
You are tooo religious bro, you’re covering for something
— Al Iaquinta🗽 (@ALIAQUINTA) February 11, 2018
That was scary! @YoelRomeroMMA 😱 congrats!!!!! @ufc
— Paige VanZant (@paigevanzant) February 11, 2018
@YoelRomeroMMA 👊🏼👊🏼👊🏼😘 pic.twitter.com/QHMhnmFo7h
— Antonio Pezao Silva (@BigfootSilva) February 11, 2018
The ego of Rockhold just die #ufc221
— . (@patrick_cote) February 11, 2018
Well …congrats to Yoel. Can’t wait to get back out there. #UFC221
— Chris Weidman (@chrisweidman) February 11, 2018
Well, at least Rockhold didn't wear his sunglasses out. 🙂 #ufc221 pic.twitter.com/ptLg2S5AtQ
— The Mane Event™ (@EliasTheodorou) February 11, 2018
Fun seeing Bob Cook/Javier Mendez cornering with Henri Hooft after going against each other in the DC v Rumble fights and DC v Oezdemir. Rockhold bringing teams together.
— Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) February 11, 2018
When you get cornered by an obnoxious person you don’t really know at a party and you’re looking around for the host to come save you. pic.twitter.com/qJgqW8YCfC
— Ben Fowlkes (@benfowlkesMMA) February 11, 2018
Oh my god he can’t walk, holy shit #UFC221
— Angela Hill (@AngieOverkill) February 11, 2018
Oh. My. God. 😱😱😱 #ufc221 pic.twitter.com/bFXpFLU2cY
— Megan Anderson (@MeganAnderson) February 11, 2018
Soldier of God#UFC221 @YoelRomeroMMA pic.twitter.com/tWa3Efuukw
— UFC (@ufc) February 11, 2018
