{"id":790182,"date":"2018-02-05T00:32:27","date_gmt":"2018-02-05T00:32:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/?p=790182"},"modified":"2019-09-04T11:53:03","modified_gmt":"2019-09-04T16:53:03","slug":"ufc-221-romero-vs-rockhold-fight-card-fox11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/ufc-221-romero-vs-rockhold-fight-card-fox11\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC 221: Romero vs Rockhold Fight Card"},"content":{"rendered":"

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UFC 221: Romero vs Rockhold
\n<\/strong>Feb 10, 2018 (Feb 11th in Australia)<\/strong>
\nPerth Arena<\/b>
\nPerth, Australia<\/b><\/p>\n

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UFC 221: Romero vs Rockhold Fight Card<\/h2>\n

(click on fighter’s name for detailed scouting report)<\/strong><\/p>\n

(fighter ranking based on our exclusive Performance Based Ranking system – click fighter’s rank to check out the list)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Main Card (FS1\/TSN2 – 10:00 pm Eastern)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Interim UFC Middleweight Championship:
\nYoel Romero<\/a>\u00a0<\/b>(12-2,\u00a0#6 ranked middleweight<\/strong><\/a>) vs Luke Rockhold<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<\/b>(16-3, #4 ranked middleweight<\/strong><\/a>)<\/p>\n

Heavyweights:
\nMark Hunt<\/a>\u00a0<\/b>(13-11-1, 1 NC,\u00a0#5 ranked heavy<\/strong>weight<\/strong><\/a>)\u00a0vs Curtis Blaydes <\/b><\/a>(8-1, 1 NC, #14 ranked heavy<\/strong>weight<\/strong><\/a>)<\/p>\n

Heavyweights:
\nTai Tuivasa<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>(8-0, #22 ranked heavy<\/strong>weight<\/strong><\/a>) vs Cyril Asker<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<\/b>(9-3, #17 ranked heavy<\/strong>weight<\/strong><\/a>)<\/p>\n

Welterweights:
\nJake Matthews\u00a0<\/b>(12-3, #41 ranked welterweight<\/strong><\/a>) vs Li Jingliang<\/strong>\u00a0<\/b>(14-4, #38 ranked welterweight<\/strong><\/a>)<\/p>\n

Light Heavyweights:
\nTyson Pedro<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>(6-1, #19 ranked light heavyweight<\/strong><\/a>) vs\u00a0Saparbek Safarov\u00a0<\/strong>(8-1, #38 ranked light heavyweight<\/strong><\/a>)<\/p>\n

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Prelims (FS1\/TSN2 – 8:00 pm Eastern)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lightweights:
\nDamien Brown\u00a0<\/b>(17-11, #69 ranked lightweight<\/strong><\/a>) vs Dong Hyun Kim (maestro)<\/strong>\u00a0<\/b>(15-8-3, #54 ranked lightweight<\/strong><\/a>)<\/p>\n

Middleweights:
\nRob Wilkinson\u00a0<\/strong>(11-1, #54 ranked middleweight<\/strong><\/a>)\u00a0vs\u00a0Israel Adesanya<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>(11-0)<\/p>\n

Featherweights:
\nAlexander Volkanovski\u00a0<\/b>(16-1, #44 ranked feather<\/strong>weight<\/strong><\/a>) vs Jeremy Kennedy\u00a0<\/strong>(11-0, #42 ranked feather<\/strong>weight<\/strong><\/a>)<\/p>\n

Flyweights:
\nJussier Formiga\u00a0<\/strong>(20-5, #7 ranked fly<\/strong>weight<\/strong><\/a>) vs Ben Nguyen<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>(17-6, #11 ranked fly<\/strong>weight<\/strong><\/a>)<\/p>\n

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Early Prelims (UFC Fight Pass – 6:30 pm Eastern)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lightweights:
\nRoss Pearson<\/a>\u00a0<\/b>(21-12, 1 NC, #65 ranked lightweight<\/strong><\/a>) vs Mizuto Hirota<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>(19-8-2, #67 ranked lightweight<\/strong><\/a>)<\/p>\n

Bantamweights:
\nTeruto Ishihara\u00a0<\/strong>(11-4-2, #33 ranked bantamweight<\/strong><\/a>) vs\u00a0Jose Quinonez\u00a0<\/strong>(7-2,\u00a0#30 ranked bantamweight<\/strong><\/a>)<\/p>\n

Welterweights:
\nLuke Jumeau\u00a0<\/strong>(12-4, #75 ranked welterweight<\/strong><\/a>) vs\u00a0Daichi Abe\u00a0<\/strong>(6-0, #72 ranked welterweight<\/strong><\/a>)<\/p>\n

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Betting Odds<\/strong><\/p>\n


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