UFC 248: Adesanya beats Romero to retain middleweight title

A unanimous-decision win over Yoel Romero saw Israel Adesanya retain his middleweight championship at UFC 248 in Las Vegas on Saturday.

Published : Mar 08, 2020 13:31 IST

Israel Adesanya beat Yoel Romero by unanimous decision on Saturday.
Israel Adesanya beat Yoel Romero by unanimous decision on Saturday.
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Israel Adesanya beat Yoel Romero by unanimous decision on Saturday.

Israel Adesanya successfully defended his UFC middleweight championship with a unanimous-decision win over Yoel Romero at the T-Mobile Arena in Paradise, Nevada, on Saturday.

Adesanya improved to 19-0 after getting the better of Romero in Las Vegas. Judges scored the bout 48-47, 48-47 and 49-46 in Adesanya's favour.

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After few exchanges between the fighters in the opening two rounds, Adesanya landed the more decisive blows thereafter. Romero (13-5) has now lost four of his past five fights, including the previous three.

Earlier, Zhang Weili retained the women's strawweight title with a split-decision win against Joanna Jedrzejczyk in a classic, which was regarded as arguably the greatest women's fight in MMA history by many critics of the sport.

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