Split decision. 2 of 3 judges scored the bout for Robert Whittaker; Sal D'amato had it for Yoel Romero.
Scorecards as recorded by PropSports round data · source ↗ · fighter attribution derived from the recorded result, not assumed from score order · how this is built
Fight progression reconstructed from verified round-level observations.
Pace is significant strikes landed per minute of observed round time. A round with no recorded observation is left empty rather than drawn as zero.
| Round | Fighter | KD | Sig. str. | Total | TD | Sub | Ctrl | Head | Body | Leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R1 |
| Robert Whittaker |
| 0 |
| 33/85 |
| 33/85 |
| 0/0 |
| 0 |
| 0:00 |
| 12 |
| 2 |
| 19 |
| Yoel Romero | 0 | 9/24 | 9/24 | 0/0 | 0 | 0:00 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| R2 | Robert Whittaker | 0 | 29/77 | 29/77 | 0/0 | 0 | 0:00 | 14 | 6 | 9 |
| Yoel Romero | 0 | 20/48 | 20/48 | 0/1 | 0 | 0:00 | 8 | 4 | 8 |
| R3 | Robert Whittaker | 0 | 18/42 | 19/43 | 0/0 | 0 | 0:37 | 10 | 5 | 3 |
| Yoel Romero | 1 | 36/77 | 54/97 | 2/6 | 0 | 2:11 | 33 | 3 | 0 |
| R4 | Robert Whittaker | 0 | 34/93 | 34/94 | 0/0 | 0 | 0:00 | 16 | 7 | 11 |
| Yoel Romero | 0 | 20/44 | 20/44 | 0/0 | 0 | 0:00 | 14 | 4 | 2 |
| R5 | Robert Whittaker | 0 | 14/29 | 14/29 | 0/1 | 0 | 0:00 | 5 | 3 | 6 |
| Yoel Romero | 1 | 26/47 | 46/74 | 1/3 | 0 | 2:10 | 18 | 6 | 2 |
