UFC
225: Whittaker vs. Romero 2 is an upcoming MMA event produced by the
Ultimate Fighting Championship that will be held on June 9, 2018, at the
United Center in Chicago, Illinois
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The UFC hosts their sixth pay-per-view
event of the year in the early hours of Sunday morning.Headlining the
card – which takes place at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois – is a
middleweight title fight between champion Robert Whittaker and Olympic
silver medallist Yoel Romero.
UFC 225’s co-main event of the evening
will also have championship implications as former lightweight king
Rafael dos Anjos dukes it out with Colby Covington for the interim
welterweight title.
Also on the card is the
eagerly-anticipated return of former WWE superstar CM Punk, who locks
horns with fellow MMA rookie Mike Jackson.
Punk’s bout with Jackson is very much
make or break for him as UFC president Dana White has claimed he’ll be
cut from the promotion if he loses.
Former UFC women’s bantamweight queen Holly Holm will also be in action, welcoming ex-Invicta FC featherweight champion Megan Anderson to the Octagon.
Former UFC women’s bantamweight queen Holly Holm will also be in action, welcoming ex-Invicta FC featherweight champion Megan Anderson to the Octagon.
UFC 225 is jam-packed with big names and
entertaining fights, making it a must watch for fight fans.The first
installment of “UFC 225: Embedded” for this Saturday’s event was
released late Monday night, as the behind-the-scenes reality series
caught up with Rafael dos Anjos, Colby Covington and others. Dos Anjos
and Covington meet in Chicago for the interim welterweight title, with
middleweight champion Robert Whittaker defending his title against Yoel
Romero in the main event. CM Punk will return to the Octagon and face
fellow 0-1 fighter Mike Jackson in the opening fight of the main card.
Hear from dos Anjos during a media
luncheon, listen in as Covington declares himself the “King of Brazil”
and see Whittaker take part in some secret stretches in the video above.
– We will have live coverage of UFC 225
this Saturday, as well as a special podcast after the show covering UFC
225 with CM Punk’s return, NJPW Dominion and more with Matt Morgan, Raj
Giri and Chris Featherstone.
– Abe Kawa, the manager for former UFC
light heavyweight champion Jon Jones, appeared on “The MMA Hour”
recently to discuss the future of “Bones.” According to Kawa, the matter
between Jones and the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency is “complicated” to say
the least.
“USADA does a very good job. People are
banging on them and hating on them. There’s things I do not agree with
with USADA,” Kawa said (thanks to MMA Fighting for transcribing). “I’ve
told them behind closed doors things I don’t agree with. But USADA does a
very good job. They’ve done a very good job cleaning up the sport. It’s
imperative that they get this right. It’s imperative that they get this
case right, because of who Jon is. And I think they’re doing the best
they can to get it right. With that being said, I’m confident that we
will have a decision soon. I just don’t want to put a date on it and
say, it’s gonna come down at this time, it’s gonna come at that time.
There is a decision coming and it’s hopefully sooner rather than later.”
Jones failed a drug test almost a year
ago around his match with Daniel Cormier at UFC 214. He is facing a
potential four-year ban from the sport if found guilty as a second-time
offender. Jones tested positive for Turinabol, a steroid, and also had a
positive test for two anti-estrogen agents back in 2016.
– The New York Athletic Commission pulled
a planned fight at UFC Fight Night 131 between Jessica Aguilar and
Jodie Esquibel because of a potentially contagious medical issue on
Aguilar, the commission told MMA Fighting.
“Medical personnel identified a
potentially contagious medical condition,” read the NYSAC statement, via
New York State Department of State spokesperson Lee Park. “For the
safety of the impacted fighter and her opponent, the fight was called
off. UFC medical personnel were also consulted and concurred with the
decision.”
Both fighters had successfully weighed in
for their strawweight clash before the commission decided against
clearing Aguilar. No word yet if the fight will be rescheduled for a
future date.Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) will hold a special
media conference call for the upcoming UFC 225 pay-per-view (PPV) event,
scheduled for Sat., June 9, 2018 inside United Center in Chicago,
Illinois.
Dialing in will be reigning middleweight
champion Robert Whittaker, as well as headlining opponent and division
No. 1 contender Yoel Romero. They’ll collide for “The Reaper’s” strap in
the five round main event, a rematch from their UFC 213 war that saw
“Soldier of God” go down on points.