There is just so much shadiness with Romero. First you got his incredible phsyique and he's like almost 40, then he gets busted for PED's, but then they find his sup is tainted. Sure technically it was tainted, but I wonder if him and his team knew it was tainted going in and on purpose took it becauose of that reason.
I could be wrong, maybe he's clean but it just looks bad. You have the multiple fights where he stayed on his stool too long and they where pouring water all over him to make the ref wipe him down, stalling even more time.
Then you got his fight wtih Jacare, not sure if it was a robbery but Jacare won that fucking fight. All Romero had was a sequence in rd 1 where he rocked Jacare, rounds 2 and 3 where Jacare and Romero was hurt and fading bad.
Now you got this deal where he did not make weight. If you sign on the line to make 185 and you only get to 187.7 while your opponent is another huge MW who drains himself to 185, thats bs. People may doubt this, but I truly believe that if Romero did not cheat and actually cut that extra 2.7 lbs, he would never have had the energy to even have those explosive moments in round 3 to win the fight. Ask any fighter, especially guys like Luke and Romero who look like they are at 10% bf, not cutting the 2.7 lbs to get to 185 makes a huge, absolutely huge difference in your ability to replenish before the fight and fight well.
It goes even further, Luke was royally fucked over because they did not have early weigh ins, so Luke has to drain himself badly, and not get any iv's or extra weigh time they been doing the last year or 2. While Romero gets to half ass his weight cut and came in with full steam.
Sure you can say "Luke could have not taken the fight'. I am not having issue with Romero winning, I have issue with WME giving him a title shot after this bs.
If that was me as the promoter, I am sending a message. I am making Romero fight another fight for the right to fight Robert. If Robert is out to mid or late summer then I would even rematch him and Luke in May and if Romero is even a .5 lb over fights off.
You can't allow a guy to cheat, not cut weight properly, beat the guy that did cut weight properly, then give the cheater a gifted title shot.
WME needs to grow some balls, fuck this title shot bs for this cheater Romero. It's just bad karma.
I could be wrong, maybe he's clean but it just looks bad. You have the multiple fights where he stayed on his stool too long and they where pouring water all over him to make the ref wipe him down, stalling even more time.
Then you got his fight wtih Jacare, not sure if it was a robbery but Jacare won that fucking fight. All Romero had was a sequence in rd 1 where he rocked Jacare, rounds 2 and 3 where Jacare and Romero was hurt and fading bad.
Now you got this deal where he did not make weight. If you sign on the line to make 185 and you only get to 187.7 while your opponent is another huge MW who drains himself to 185, thats bs. People may doubt this, but I truly believe that if Romero did not cheat and actually cut that extra 2.7 lbs, he would never have had the energy to even have those explosive moments in round 3 to win the fight. Ask any fighter, especially guys like Luke and Romero who look like they are at 10% bf, not cutting the 2.7 lbs to get to 185 makes a huge, absolutely huge difference in your ability to replenish before the fight and fight well.
It goes even further, Luke was royally fucked over because they did not have early weigh ins, so Luke has to drain himself badly, and not get any iv's or extra weigh time they been doing the last year or 2. While Romero gets to half ass his weight cut and came in with full steam.
Sure you can say "Luke could have not taken the fight'. I am not having issue with Romero winning, I have issue with WME giving him a title shot after this bs.
If that was me as the promoter, I am sending a message. I am making Romero fight another fight for the right to fight Robert. If Robert is out to mid or late summer then I would even rematch him and Luke in May and if Romero is even a .5 lb over fights off.
You can't allow a guy to cheat, not cut weight properly, beat the guy that did cut weight properly, then give the cheater a gifted title shot.
WME needs to grow some balls, fuck this title shot bs for this cheater Romero. It's just bad karma.
