Completed MMA Event

UFC 225: Whittaker vs. Romero 2

UFC 225
  • Saturday 06.09.2018 at 10:00 PM ET
  • U.S. Broadcast: Pay Per View | Prelims: Fox Sports 1
  • Promotion: Ultimate Fighting Championship
  • Ownership: WME-IMG
  • Venue: United Center
  • Location: Chicago, Illinois, United States
  • Enclosure: Octagon
  • TV Announcers: Jon Anik, Joe Rogan, Jimmy Smith
  • Ring Announcer: Bruce Buffer
  • Interviews: Joe Rogan | Backstage: Megan Olivi
  • Ticket Revenue (live gate): $2,550,000
  • Attendance: 18,117
  • PPV Buys / Buyrate: 250,000 | TV Ratings: 667,000 avg. viewers (FS1 prelims, 848k peak)
  • MMA Bouts: 13
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Fight Card

Cancelled & Fizzled Bouts

Honors & Awards

  • Fight of the Night
    Robert Whittaker vs. Yoel Romero II   |   $50,000 bonus to each fighter
  • Performance of the Night
    Alistair Overeem vs. Curtis Blaydes   |   $50,000 bonus to Blaydes
  • Performance of the Night
    Charles Oliveira vs. Clay Guida   |   $50,000 bonus to Oliveira

Referees

  • Dan Miragliotta
    Whittaker vs. Romero II (13)Overeem vs. Blaydes (8)Evans vs. Smith (4)
  • Herb Dean
    dos Anjos vs. Covington (12)Bektić vs. Lamas (6)Oliveira vs. Guida (2)
  • Kevin MacDonald
    Holm vs. Anderson (11)Punk vs. Jackson (9)Coulter vs. De La Rocha (5)Santiago vs. Ige (1)
  • Rob Madrigal
    Arlovski vs. Tuivasa (10)Gadelha vs. Esparza (7)Pettis vs. Benavidez (3)

Fight Predictions

Tapology members can make predictions for upcoming MMA & Boxing fights. UFC 225 is closed for new predictions. 1,850 total members made predictions on this event, breaking down as follows below.

Leaderboard of the best predictions by member: UFC 225 Leaderboard

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