Topic: Machida vs. Romero
Machida vs. Romero
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05.15.2015 | 12:06 AM ET
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05.15.2015 | 12:06 AM ET
Prediction: wrong Machida wrong KO/TKO wrong Round 3
* Edited at 05.15.2015, 12:37 AM ET *
"When a game cannot be won, change the game."
05.15.2015 | 12:16 AM ET
Prediction: correct Romero correct KO/TKO correct Round 3
05.15.2015 | 12:27 AM ET
Prediction: wrong Machida wrong KO/TKO wrong Round 2
05.15.2015 | 1:35 AM ET
Prediction: correct Romero correct KO/TKO correct Round 3
"When Conor fought Cowboy, he looked like a lion. When he fights stronger opponents, he looks like a scared chicken." - Khabib
05.15.2015 | 1:54 AM ET
Prediction: wrong Machida wrong Decision
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05.15.2015 | 1:58 AM ET
Prediction: correct Romero correct KO/TKO correct Round 3
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05.15.2015 | 10:10 AM ET
Prediction: wrong Machida wrong KO/TKO wrong Round 3
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Machida has beat more wrestlers than any other style of fighter.
"I have not yet begun to defile myself. "
05.15.2015 | 11:11 AM ET
As for people thinking Romero will ground and pound Machida, you are crazy. The odds of Romero getting him to the ground are unlikely and even if he does I doubt he finish machida there and I bet machida would get back to his feet. I think people are forgetting how hard it is to keep machida on the ground and hurt him. Both Jones and Wiedman had trouble doing this. Luke the only one that been really successful and that more because Rockhold is extremely fast on the ground and slick which overwhelm machida. Something Romero will not be able to do. Also it gunna be real hard for Romero to even complete with Machida, if he has to get off the juice which will be soon with the coming drug testing.
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05.15.2015 | 11:20 AM ET
Prediction: correct Romero correct KO/TKO correct Round 3
That said, Romero tends to strike for as long as he can so I don't think he'll be doing too much wrestling until Machida tags him anyway (and I think he will, at least once).
Romero's deceivingly fast on his feet (well, explosive rather than fast, but he gets to his mark remarkably fast for his age) and once he starts losing the striking game has has what I think is the best wrestling in MMA (again, based on past fights, technique and power not solely on the fact that he won an Olympic silver medal in 520 BC).
I'm going with Romero on this one, due to their opposite direction of momentum and confidence level. But would I bet my house on it? No siree (mainly because I don't own a house ;) ).
"Hay lohh you Mike, ay lov you Mike. Hyou say somesing like di fo me, and naw I say you ... I LOV YOU! See you som. Boy." -- Yoel Romero, UFC 205
05.15.2015 | 11:28 AM ET
He almost got finished by Kenndy and was saved by some shady business with his corner.
He 38 years old.
There going to start serously drug testing in about a month and this dude looks made out of roids.
I don't disagree in the least that he can win and you have many great points, but I am just curious what makes you think he on the rise while you think Machida on the decline? Because for me I think Romero about to come to a crashing fall within the year despite if he beats machida or not. While though I think machida could be on the decline I think he can hang around the top 10 for awhile to come, if he so chooses.
* Edited at 05.15.2015, 11:31 AM ET *
"here I come to save the day"
05.15.2015 | 12:12 PM ET
Prediction: wrong Machida wrong KO/TKO wrong Round 3
"When a game cannot be won, change the game."
05.15.2015 | 1:01 PM ET
Prediction: correct Romero correct KO/TKO correct Round 3
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05.15.2015 | 7:56 PM ET
Prediction: correct Romero correct KO/TKO correct Round 3
"Hay lohh you Mike, ay lov you Mike. Hyou say somesing like di fo me, and naw I say you ... I LOV YOU! See you som. Boy." -- Yoel Romero, UFC 205
05.15.2015 | 11:12 PM ET
Prediction: correct Romero correct KO/TKO correct Round 3
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05.16.2015 | 1:13 AM ET
Prediction: correct Romero correct KO/TKO correct Round 3
"Hay lohh you Mike, ay lov you Mike. Hyou say somesing like di fo me, and naw I say you ... I LOV YOU! See you som. Boy." -- Yoel Romero, UFC 205
05.16.2015 | 1:57 AM ET
Prediction: wrong Machida wrong KO/TKO wrong Round 2
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05.16.2015 | 12:15 PM ET
Prediction: wrong Machida wrong KO/TKO wrong Round 3
"The only thing predictable about MMA is that it is unpredictable."
05.16.2015 | 1:54 PM ET
Prediction: correct Romero correct KO/TKO wrong Round 2
* Edited at 05.16.2015, 1:59 PM ET *
05.17.2015 | 8:56 PM ET
Prediction: wrong Machida wrong KO/TKO wrong Round 3
"The only thing predictable about MMA is that it is unpredictable."
05.25.2015 | 9:44 AM ET
Prediction: correct Romero correct KO/TKO correct Round 3
"Hay lohh you Mike, ay lov you Mike. Hyou say somesing like di fo me, and naw I say you ... I LOV YOU! See you som. Boy." -- Yoel Romero, UFC 205