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The UFC heads to Australia for the very first time this year once it sets up shop in Perth for UFC 221. Though the card is far from the sexiest you’ll see, there are still lots of compelling bouts to stay diehard fans interested.
The main event features Yoel Romero and Luke Rockhold facing off. This bout was for the interim middleweight crown but after Romero failed to make weight, the name is only going to be online for Rockhold. The rest of the card is stuffed with plenty of hometown talent that will look to get the crowd in Perth eager for their first event .
Yoel Romero vs Luke Rockhold
Romero (+120) is an athletic freak. Regardless of being 40 years old,”The Soldier of God” has more speed, ability and athleticism than fighters half his age. This is the base of Romero’s whole game. At the striking stage, the Cuban only begs and begs for his moment to explode to strikes. It functions exactly the exact same because of his wrestling. Romero is a Olympic wrestler and depends upon that skill set more than any other but he prefers to land takedowns with explosiveness rather than grinding it out.
Romero has a small gas tank. He is patient in the Octagon because he burns off his cardio extremely quickly. You are able to see him visibly breathing after a big explosion of motion. That’s why his whole game is built around controlled proportions of energy leading to controlling his opponent.
Not to be outdone, Rockhold (-150) is much more athletically gifted than 95 percent of those fighters in the UFC. The former winner is fast and powerful but uses his normal size advantage better than many in the branch, whether that’s working from range behind his left hook and body kick or dominating the leverage battle in the clinch. Offensively wrestling is not something Rockhold concentrates on — unless functioning from the clinch — he is just one of the craftier submission fighters in the branch.
There are holes in the game of Rockhold. The only minor flaw that sticks out is that his inclination to rely on particular strikes on the toes. He could rely a lot on his left body and hook kick, telegraphing and giving up a chance to get countered.
Romero is very dangerous as they come but his cardio is not really there to compete with Rockhold. “The Soldier of God” can always land a KO shot — he has proven that — but Rockhold’s clinch function will wear Romero down.

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