#2 Yoel Romero v/s Tim Kennedy
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Ultimate Fighting Championship 178 saw Tim Kennedy lose for the very first time at the hands of Yoel Romero, which was surprising because Tim looked poised to finish him off in the second round itself.
The reason why Romero picked up the third-round TKO win can be blamed at the ‘extra minutes’ that he had on the stool. The middleweight fight in question is often mocked as the ‘Stool-Gate’ and has played a pivotal role in both of these fighters’ lives!
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Just around the 2nd round of the fight, Tim Kennedy was mightily dominating Romero and from the looks of it, it seemed as if the Yoel wouldn’t go the extra mile. Luckily for Romero, he was saved by the bell and the fight entered the third and final round.
However, what transpired during the break was what created all the hullabaloo! Romero’s corner decided to have some more sitting time for Romero, so they didn’t take the stool out of the cage with them even when the break was over.
This resulted in Romero sitting for an ‘extended period of time’ to ‘recover’ from the beatings he had endured. Tim Kennedy protested against the favouritism that Romero had just received at the behest of the authorities.
As a twist of fate would have it, Romero knocked Kennedy out in the third round to pick up the victory, making me wonder if Alex Ferguson and his ‘Fergie time’ had anything to do with the outcome of the event.
