COMPLETED·Saturday, February 10, 2018

UFC 221: Romero vs. Rockhold

Perth Arena·Perth, Australia

70Strong

Card rating

+10 over-delivered

Results: 12 of 12final
Finishes: 650% of results
Fastest finish: R1 2:18Tai Tuivasa
Top score: 133.65 FPCurtis Blaydes
Biggest upset: +161Yoel Romero

Main eventYoel Romero def. Luke Rockhold — KO/TKO R3 1:48

Attendance: 12,437
Gate: $2,810,520

Highlights

Post-event

Fight of the Night

Jake Matthews vs Li Jingliang

Welterweight

Performance of the Night

Israel Adesanya

Middleweight

Performance of the Night

Jussier Formiga

Flyweight

Fastest finish

Tai Tuivasa vs Cyril Asker

KO / TKO · R1 · 2:18

Heavyweight

Finishes by method

KO / TKO4 · 33%

Submission2 · 17%

Decision6 · 50%

Favorites (closing): 9-3
Knockdowns: 7
Most sig strikes: 135Hirota vs Pearson
Most finish attempts: 3Jingliang vs Matthews

Main event

W#1Yoel RomeroW217-7—+161

L#2Luke RockholdL316-6—-185

Middleweight

KO/TKO

R3 · 1:48

ref · Marc Goddard

Co-main event

W#9Curtis Blaydes19-6—-190

L#5Mark HuntL313-14-1—+166

Heavyweight

Decision (Unanimous)

R3 · 5:00

ref · John Sharp

Main card

WTai TuivasaL714-10—-270

LCyril Asker9-4—+230

Heavyweight

KO/TKO

R1 · 2:18

ref · Steve Perceval

WJake Matthews23-8—+128

LLi JingliangL219-9—-147

Welterweight

Decision (Unanimous)

R3 · 5:00

ref · Mark Simpson

W#13Tyson PedroL210-6—-300

LSaparbeg Safarov10-3—+250

Light Heavyweight

Submission

R1 · 3:54

ref · Peter Hickmott

Preliminary card

WDong Hyun MaL316-11-3—-137

LDamien Brown19-13—+118

Lightweight

Decision (Split)

R3 · 5:00

ref · John Sharp

WIsrael AdesanyaL424-6—-357

LRob WilkinsonL319-5—+295

Middleweight

KO/TKO

R2 · 3:37

ref · Steve Perceval

WAlexander VolkanovskiW228-4—-195

LJeremy KennedyW221-7—+168

Featherweight

KO/TKO

R2 · 4:57

ref · Marc Goddard

W#4Jussier Formiga24-8—-111

L#8Ben NguyenL316-9—-108

Flyweight

Submission

R3 · 1:43

ref · Peter Hickmott

Early prelims

WRoss PearsonL320-17—-157

LMizuto HirotaL418-11-2—+137

Lightweight

Decision (Unanimous)

R3 · 5:00

ref · John Sharp

WJose QuinonezL212-8—-159

LTeruto IshiharaL314-15-3—+139

Bantamweight

Decision (Unanimous)

R3 · 5:00

ref · Marc Goddard

WLuke Jumeau13-5—+139

LDaichi Abe14-11—-158

Welterweight

Decision (Unanimous)

R3 · 5:00

ref · Mark Simpson

Fight stats· 12 of 12 fights final


Curtis Blaydes vs Mark Hunt	WUD	-190	56/105	126	10/14	0	0	9:35	133.65
Alexander Volkanovski vs Jeremy Kennedy	WKO/TKO · R2 4:57	-195	73/120	105	2/3	0	0	7:55	129.85
Tai Tuivasa vs Cyril Asker	WKO/TKO · R1 2:18	-270	38/51	39	0/0	0	0	0:24	106.12
Israel Adesanya vs Rob Wilkinson	WKO/TKO · R2 3:37	-357	52/75	70	0/0	1	0	0:00	104.40
Jake Matthews vs Li Jingliang	WUD	+128	63/127	89	2/4	2	1	3:25	96.55
Tyson Pedro vs Saparbeg Safarov	WSub · R1 3:54	-300	12/23	17	0/1	0	1	0:01	95.83
Jussier Formiga vs Ben Nguyen	WSub · R3 1:43	-111	27/49	50	2/4	1	1	4:02	87.66
Yoel Romero vs Luke Rockhold	WKO/TKO · R3 1:48	+161	45/92	52	0/0	1	0	0:08	74.64
Jose Quinonez vs Teruto Ishihara	WUD	-159	49/98	54	2/7	0	0	3:21	66.63
Luke Jumeau vs Daichi Abe	WUD	+139	63/130	64	1/1	0	0	0:13	60.79
Dong Hyun Ma vs Damien Brown	WSD	-137	67/153	68	0/0	0	0	0:00	57.00
Ross Pearson vs Mizuto Hirota	WUD	-157	58/176	59	0/0	0	0	0:00	53.40
Rob Wilkinson vs Israel Adesanya	LKO/TKO · R2 3:37	+295	22/46	33	3/15	0	0	4:07	33.41
Mizuto Hirota vs Ross Pearson	LUD	+137	77/213	77	0/1	0	0	0:06	30.98
Teruto Ishihara vs Jose Quinonez	LUD	+139	33/109	35	1/4	1	0	0:25	29.35
Li Jingliang vs Jake Matthews	LUD	-147	49/152	56	0/1	0	0	1:12	28.16
Daichi Abe vs Luke Jumeau	LUD	-158	63/171	65	0/1	0	0	0:17	26.11
Mark Hunt vs Curtis Blaydes	LUD	+166	14/32	35	0/0	1	0	0:07	20.01
Damien Brown vs Dong Hyun Ma	LSD	+118	46/123	46	0/0	0	0	0:00	18.40
Luke Rockhold vs Yoel Romero	LKO/TKO · R3 1:48	-185	45/119	45	0/0	0	0	0:00	18.00
Saparbeg Safarov vs Tyson Pedro	LSub · R1 3:54	+250	8/22	10	2/5	0	0	1:18	15.94
Ben Nguyen vs Jussier Formiga	LSub · R3 1:43	-108	21/65	37	0/0	0	0	0:55	13.25
Jeremy Kennedy vs Alexander Volkanovski	LKO/TKO · R2 4:57	+168	8/25	11	0/3	0	0	0:27	4.61
Cyril Asker vs Tai Tuivasa	LKO/TKO · R1 2:18	+230	3/11	3	0/0	0	0	0:00	1.20