Last Saturday at UFC 225 in Chicago, Ultimate Fighting Championship middleweight champion Robert Whittaker won a unanimous decision over top contender Yoel Romero in a rematch that many are calling “Fight of the Year.” Because Romero missed the championship weight limit, the fight was not an official title defense, but nonetheless was hailed as an instant classic.
In their first encounter at UFC 213 last July, Romero and Whittaker fought a very closely contested bout for the interim middleweight title. Whittaker, who tore the medial collateral ligament of his left knee early in the first round, won by decision and was later declared the undisputed champion after Georges St.