{"id":330919,"date":"2019-11-05T08:08:59","date_gmt":"2019-11-05T16:08:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=330919"},"modified":"2019-11-05T08:09:51","modified_gmt":"2019-11-05T16:09:51","slug":"israel-adesanya-compares-yoel-romeros-cheating-to-eddie-guerrero","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/israel-adesanya-compares-yoel-romeros-cheating-to-eddie-guerrero\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel Adesanya compares Yoel Romero&#8217;s &#8216;cheating&#8217; to Eddie Guerrero"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Israel Adesanya has taken a cheeky shot at middleweight contender Yoel Romero, implying that the veteran has cheated in the past.<\/p>\n<p>Adesanya is coming off of his <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/ufc-243-results-israel-adesanya-kos-robert-whittaker-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">UFC Middleweight Championship triumph over Robert Whittaker at UFC 243<\/a>, which firmly established him as the king of the 185-pound division. Romero, on the other hand, recently lost a close decision to Paulo Costa, which marked a third loss in his last four fights.<\/p>\n<p>Despite that, it seems as if the UFC is interested in the idea of pitting these two men against one another, with Costa&#8217;s recent injury throwing a spanner into the works at the top of the rankings.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Israel Adesanya vs Robert Whittaker (full fight replay) | UFC 243\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RUqZSAfuV5Q?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Adesanya recently spoke with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2019\/11\/4\/20948328\/israel-adesanya-targets-yoel-romero-next-wants-to-fight-the-guy-everyone-thinks-can-beat-me\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MMA Fighting<\/a> as he looks ahead to what could be next for him and the title.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to defend my title again in February or March,\u201d he said. \u201cBecause homeboy [Paulo Costa], the guy I called out next, he\u2019s been put out for a while. He can\u2019t fight for eight months so I want to try and get whoever I can, probably [Yoel] Romero is who I\u2019m asking for, either February or March.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think his skill set as a wrestler [makes him dangerous],\u201d Adesanya said. \u201cAlso, he\u2019s got some interesting tactics \u2014 stoolgate, never make weight, pulling out \u2014 he has his ways. As Eddie Guerrero says \u2018if you\u2019re not cheating, you\u2019re not trying\u2019 and he has wisdom for trying.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For those of you who aren&#8217;t familiar with the legend that is Eddie Guerrero, the former WWE star&#8217;s gimmick towards the end of his career revolved around cheating to win matches.<\/p>\n<p>While this is probably nothing more than a fun attempt to draw out a reaction from &#8220;The Soldier of God&#8221; as the hype behind this fight intensifies, Adesanya may want to be careful &#8211; because Romero isn&#8217;t someone who plays around.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPENN.COM<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 11\/5\/2019.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Israel Adesanya has taken a cheeky shot at middleweight contender Yoel Romero, implying that the veteran has cheated in the past. Adesanya is coming off of his UFC Middleweight Championship triumph over Robert Whittaker at UFC 243, which firmly established him as the king of the 185-pound division. Romero, on the other hand, recently lost [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54478,"featured_media":309484,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[39449,39610,10179],"tags":[59110,41601,11,15,4813],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Israel Adesanya compares Yoel Romero&#039;s &#039;cheating&#039; to Eddie Guerrero<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"UFC Middleweight Champion Israel Adesanya has thrown a shot at Yoel Romero by implying that &quot;The Soldier of God&quot; has cheated in the past.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/israel-adesanya-compares-yoel-romeros-cheating-to-eddie-guerrero\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Israel Adesanya compares Yoel Romero&#039;s &#039;cheating&#039; 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