After the first, Robert was tagging Yoel on Yoel's takedown feints. Robert is going to fear Bisping's dirty-boxing and clinch game far less than Yoel's, and I see Bisping/Whittaker going down like Bisping/TRT Vitor
Round 1 Romero
Round 2 All Romero, good job for whittacker to stand up but all Yoel
Round 3 All Whittacker. Yoel definitely gassed, shooting in awkwardly. Robert landing nice Yoel bit on a lot of feints. Commentary VERY biased.
Round 4 Nice headkick. Whittacker round, Romero sloppy and tired..
Round 5 Yoel tagging Whittacker early, both swinging wild. No idea how whittacker got on top..but he did..
48-47 whittacker..
Pretty confident to say with more 5 round experience Yoel would have won, or maybe he's not a 5 round fighter, in which case he should have went all out on whittacker the first 3, which he did not.
Round 2 All Romero, good job for whittacker to stand up but all Yoel
Round 3 All Whittacker. Yoel definitely gassed, shooting in awkwardly. Robert landing nice Yoel bit on a lot of feints. Commentary VERY biased.
Round 4 Nice headkick. Whittacker round, Romero sloppy and tired..
Round 5 Yoel tagging Whittacker early, both swinging wild. No idea how whittacker got on top..but he did..
48-47 whittacker..
Pretty confident to say with more 5 round experience Yoel would have won, or maybe he's not a 5 round fighter, in which case he should have went all out on whittacker the first 3, which he did not.
So? Round 5 was close until...whatever the fuck that was happened..was it a punch or a slip? trip?? I watched the fight from a shitty youtube vid so I really don't know how it went from striking to yoel on the ground/whittacker on top.
lol round 5 wasn't close.
how did it go to the ground??
Also if there's a vid around with the post fight theatrics and you've seen it can you link?
Getting it to the ground and then doing nothing from there doesn't matter in scoring unless it is a high amplitude slam, which didn't happen. A takedown is a transition which puts the person who achieved it in a advantageous position to score points in the judges eyes, if you do nothing with the takedown it does not count towards your score for that round. Read the judging criteria.
I am asking in round 5 how whittacker came to be on top? Was he taken down, dropped or did he fall?
Cos if it was the latter, its just as flukey.. Yoel said post fight the strategy was to end it in the 5th, and he did come out with more fire until that
I agree in the first Yoel's takedown didn't matter much, but he did land more, get advantageous position and actually whittacker did a lot of stalling..why are you reciting the rule book for?
Doesn't matter if it was flukey, he was wining before that, and then cemented it once he was on top. i am reciting the rulebook because you're making claims for who won rounds, or how they were scored, which many fans do without knowing how the rules for scoring are written. Honestly, it's so prevalent it's tiresome.
Since
@Eau de Farage doesn't seem to understand your question I'll try to help.I also had romero winning the last round until Romero got lazy and accepted bottom position. If I remember right it was basically a takedown attempt/scramble that he gave up on. but being in the arena with my view I also need to watch the video replay.
Thanks bro. Yoel kept saying he doesn't know how he wound up there. Sometimes the way he sprints he almost launches himself..failed takedown or stumble was my best guess too. Thanks for the info, did you enjoy the event??Since
I also had romero winning the last round until Romero got lazy and accepted bottom position. If I remember right it was basically a takedown attempt/scramble that he gave up on. but being in the arena with my view I also need to watch the video replay.
I think Romero gets him. Bisping's takedown defense isnt as good as Whittaker's-there is a reason why he is avoiding Romero, to fight GSP. Another thing to note is that Romero's opponents are usually as exhausted as he is. I think Bisping will be drained, Bisping poses the least amount of threat to Romero, his striking isnt as nearly as dangerous as Whittaker's. I think Romero will have learned his lesson and not be so complacent. He will open up with strikes given how hittable and easy to cut off bisping is.