
It was a bittersweet performance for Romero, however, as he missed weight on Friday, nullifying his opportunity to win the interim title that was supposed to be at stake and making it hard to hustle him into a rematch with Robert Whittaker whenever the middleweight champ is ready to return.
Yoel Romero (13-2) broke what appeared to be a pretty even fight wide open in the main event of UFC 221 Saturday night, knocking out former Middleweight champion Luke Rockhold (16-4). Romero was originally scheduled to face David Branch at UFC on Fox 28 in Orlando, Fla., on February 24 before he accepted the fight against Rockhold. The Soldier of God caught Rockhold with a huge overhand left; dropping the latter, following which he landed an uppercut to the jaw when Rockhold was already slumped against the fence; putting out his lights out. "He was the champion in Strikeforce and in the UFC". All the UFC has to do is show the replay of him knocking out Rockhold to get fans interested. After Whittaker had to withdraw due to illness and injury, Yoel Romero stepped in to face Rockhold in what was supposed to be an interim title fight.
Why they should fight: After a layoff of more than 14 months, Safarov finally resumed his UFC career with a bout against Tyson Pedro, but it didn't go very well for him.
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But when Whittaker contracted a staph infection and was forced to pull out in January, Romero stepped in on short notice.
Hunt rocked Blaydes in the first with a pair of big rights, but Blaydes followed up with a takedown.
- Curtis Blaydes def. Mark Hunt, heavyweights, unanimous decision (30-26, 30-26, 29-27).
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Netanyahu also announces that he spoke with the US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson following the escalation of tensions. A Western diplomat in the region said: "My impression is that it seems to be contained at this point".
Prior to his loss to Whittaker, Romero was on a wild eight-fight streak, highlighted by triumphs over Brad Tavares, Tim Kennedy, Lyoto Machida, Ronaldo "Jacare" Souza, and former champ Chris Weidman.
The welterweight battle between Australian Jake Matthews and Chinese Li Jingliang was proclaimed as the Fight of the Night. "I appreciate him stepping up and taking the fight".
No fighter could get the upper hand in the opening round but Romero unleashed a flurry of punches in the second to put Rockhold on the back foot.
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We didn't soak up the early pressure and lost wickets. "I struggled, I was trying hard and it didn't manage to work". It'll be a nice change of scene, I think, for the England side.
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Up front, Jurgen Klopp is unchanged, with Sadio Mane , Roberto Firmino and Mohamed Salah all featuring. "We just needed to score one goal to get back in it".
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He is averaging 16.6 points , 7.8 rebounds, and 7.2 assists per game. In terms of team success, Simmons has also had some of that.
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Zlatan started training with the team two days ago, so two days with the group and he is improving. Now, for a few months he is free of minor injuries and I'm really happy.
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They were the first Westerville officers killed in the line of duty. A procession was held in honor of the fallen officers. The other died after being taken to the hospital.
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They have not yet played the Olympic Athletes from Russian Federation or Switzerland and lost to Norway in the opening draw. Then on Friday, they started looking like a true gold medal contender. "We wanted to win the game and that's it", he said.
India vs South Africa, 3rd ODI: India win by 124 runs Many of them must have faced both Indian spinners in the IPL and surely have studied video footages of both bowlers. Batsmen have found it hard to tackle them. "Hats off to them but the other debate is a bit away from now.
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Klopp added on the atmosphere he expects at the ground: " I don't know exactly but probably it will not be the most friendly ". There's nothing else to say. "No decision made so far". "Otherwise, we would have".
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Yameen has "definitely accelerated his outreach to China, to fend off pressure from the west and also reduce leverage from India". The Maldivian Embassy in New Delhi meanwhile denied that Yameen ignored India while reaching out to other countries.
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Kennedy added: "America is the most powerful country in all of human history". "I don't know. Short said it was too early to know how much the parade would cost.
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The special burger, priced at $3,000 (£2,150), features a diamond engagement ring lodged in the top of the bun. When the boy got out of the machine he ended walking away with a stuffed football and a few other prizes.
Dow plunges over 1000 points, sinks into correction
The Dow moved almost 500 points during trading on Wednesday before closing down 19 points, or 0.08 per cent, at 24,893. Asian markets followed Wall Street down after the Dow entered "correction" territory for the first time in two years.