Yoel Romero accepted the short notice fight against Luke Rockhold and couldn’t make weight at UFC 221. Rockhold demanded more money and got 30 percent from Romero’s purse. Yoel fought the former middleweight champion Luke Rockhold and knocked him out cold in the 3rd round at the UFC 221 main event in Perth, Australia. Twitter reactions, as always, were creative after the fight.
FML!
— Daniel Cormier (@dc_mma) February 11, 2018
That uppercut
— Lando Vannata (@GroovyLando) February 11, 2018
HOLY S*** [email protected] came with the uppercut that knocked him back to the 5th grade. #UFC221
— Andrew Holbrook (@AndrewHolbrook) February 11, 2018
Amazing KO Soldier of God @YoelRomeroMMA absolute beast! #UFC221 #UFCperth #ATTpic.twitter.com/tiLJ3SYz9v
— Charles Rosa (@CharlesRosaMMA) February 11, 2018
Oh my god he can’t walk, holy shit #UFC221
— Angela Hill (@AngieOverkill) February 11, 2018
FUCK
— Manny Gamburyan (@MannyGamburyan) February 11, 2018
Woah!! but what happens to the division now?! #ufc221
— Shane Burgos (@HurricaneShaneB) 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 (@FunkMaster_UFC) February 11, 2018
See, cheaters do win… 🙁 #UFC221
— The Spartan (@EliasTheodorou) February 11, 2018
Fuck you @LukeRockhold bad person.
— Antonio Pezao Silva (@BigfootSilva) February 11, 2018
The ego of Rockhold just die #ufc221
— patrick cote (@patrick_cote) February 11, 2018
Man! Romero pulls it off
— Tatiana Suarez (@TSPMMA115) February 11, 2018
Romero vs Whittaker 2 is what makes the most sense but just feels so weird with Romero missing weight and not winning the interim title tonight.. who doesn’t wanna see that one again tho?! #ufc221
— Shane Burgos (@HurricaneShaneB) February 11, 2018
Well …congrats to Yoel. Can’t wait to get back out there. #UFC221
— Chris Weidman (@ChrisWeidmanUFC) February 11, 2018
That was scary! @YoelRomeroMMA congrats!!!!! @ufc
— Paige VanZant (@PaigeVanzantUFC) February 11, 2018
@YoelRomeroMMApic.twitter.com/QHMhnmFo7h
— Antonio Pezao Silva (@BigfootSilva) February 11, 2018
⚖ wins the main event at #UFC221. ⚖ now holds the interim belt.
— Ian McCall (@Unclecreepymma) February 11, 2018
This leaves an opening for Whittaker to fight gastlem
— Belal muhammad (@bullyb170) February 11, 2018
You are tooo religious bro, you’re covering for something
— Alexander Jay (@ALIAQUINTA) February 11, 2018