Initially, UFC 225 was expected to feature a UFC middleweight title fight between the two elite fighters. Instead, champ Whittaker did not put his belt on the line Saturday at United Center in Chicago, as the challenger, Romero, missed weight Friday.
Still, Whittaker and Romero put on a rematch to remember for the ages.
They first met at UFC 213 last July, and it was Whittaker who walked away with the win, becoming the interim middleweight champ. Romero started strong in that fight, winning the first two rounds, but he slowed down — and Whittaker turned it up a notch — as time went on.