Will Yoel Romero make weight?
It kind of sucks that we even have to make this one of the questions, but here we are.
Twice in 2018, Romero was slated to fight for versions of the middleweight title. At UFC 221, he missed championship weight by 2.7 pounds and thus was ineligible to win the interim title when he subsequently knocked out Luke Rockhold. At UFC 225, he was given a shot at then-champion Robert Whittaker anyway and missed weight by 0.2 pounds.
At UFC 241, Romero made weight at 184.5 for what turned into a “Fight of the Night” tussle with Costa, which seemed to be a deliberate statement, given he could have weighed as much as 186.
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Still, though.
We’re reasonably certain Romero will put on an exciting and compelling fight on Saturday night, win or lose. But we have no such certainty he’s going to make weight until the morning before the fight, and as such, if he’ll be eligible to win the belt. As long as that’s the case, that’s his biggest question mark.
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