FULL COVERAGE – UFC 225: Whittaker vs. Romero 2 Post-Fight Press Conference
Join Fightful.com as Dana White, Colby Covington, Holly Holm, and more take the podium to deliver their UFC 225 post-fight thoughts. Also make sure to check out the post-fight podcast here at Fightful. Latest updates appear at the bottom.
Post-fight press conference should begin shortly. Not sure if Whittaker will make it with his injuries.
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Holly Holm up first. Says she wants to learn from wins and losses.
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Holm says she’s always looking for perfect. Says Megan hits hard, but not the hardest she’s ever been hit.
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Holm is asked about a title fight against Nunes. Says, “I want it all.” Is looking forward to enjoying the win in Chicago first.
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Holm putting over her team. “I have no intention of changing them.”
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Holm calls Nunes a tough fight, but doesn’t want to take the easy route.
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Holm puts over Rousey but says, “it takes two to make a fight.”
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Holm now putting over her fans, the crowd tonight, and Anderson for being “tough and confident.” She is too good for this sport.
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Count Holm on team early weigh-ins.
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“I don’t know why it has to be 9 am or 5 pm. Why not something in the afternoon?” Suggests 11am or noon.
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That’s it for Holly.
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Dana White up next.
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White puts over Whittaker. Says he’s had some bad luck with injuries. But his star is bright.
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“Probably a good idea” Dana on Romero moving to 205.
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Dana won’t encourage Colby to do anything different. Says he can set up a meeting between Colby and Trump. Always says “it’s good to hear Woodley wants to fight.”
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Dana says he’s never gotten flack for supporting Trump. Says he has friends who hate Trump so he doesn’t talk politics with them.
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Dana loves Holly’s “I want it all” answer.
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“It should be a wrao” Dana on Punk fighting again.
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Dana doesn’t have an update on Punk. Says he showed a lot of heart. “Michael Jackson, I’m not happy with. He never tried to finish the fight. He’s 0-2 as far as I’m concerned.”
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“I got the sense that he’s a complete fucking idiot and I couldn’t wait for the fight to end and I regret not putting it on Fight Pass” – Dana on Jackson
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Dana puts over Blaydes. Says he didn’t know how big he was.
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Dana re-states that the majority of fighters want afternoon weigh-ins, even though many of the fights on tonights card want to stay early. “There’s no debate on this. We’re going to 4 pm”
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“That’s it for Mike Jackson. I wouldn’t put him in the contender series.” – Dana
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Dana says Rousey’s HOF induction is well-deserved
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“We get old. This is a young mans sport” – Dana on Rashad. Puts over his career and sounds like Rashad is retiring or Dana is retiring him.
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“Kelvin Gastelum should have been the back up here tonight. He’s got some personal issues that he needs to take care of. Some shit he needs to get together and handle quick” – Dana none too pleased with Kelvin
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Dana tries to explain the Yair Rodriguez situation. Says Yair had personal issues, they talked and worked it out, and now he’s back.
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Dana defends Greg Hardy. “If you talk to anybody he trains with, male or female, they say he’s a good guy. Everyone deserves a second chance. He was never charged with anything.”
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Nick Newell met with Dana and asked to be on the contender series. Dana agreed. Never doubted Newell’s talent, worried about something bad happening to him.
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Dana not sure what will happen with Whittaker because of his broken hand. Says they’ll go back to Australia with or without him.
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Even Dana isn’t sure how the rankings work
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Dana calls Theo Epstein “a baseball god, a genius, and a stud.”
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“The Heavyweight were on fire tonight” – Dana
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Dana confirms that Rashad is retiring. “After the fight he’s super emotional. But I hope he does”
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Dana says they are looking into what happened with the commission and Romero’s weight cut.
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Dana says Conor is next for Khabib
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Dana didn’t have the fifth round of Romero/Whittaker 10-8.
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Dana puts over Carla and that’s it for him. Colby Covington up last.
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“I didn’t everything I said I was gonna do. Now I’m gonna celebrate like a real american and go see Mr. Donald Trump. Unlike the Flithadelphia Eagles.” – Covington
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Covington drinks Nerd Tears, which is the tears of Instagram nerds who picked against him. Says RDA did better than expected.
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Covington wants to fight Woodley at MSG in November. Disses Woodley for trying to do a rap album, his gossip stuff, and B-movies. “He’s doing everything but fight. I’m here to mage the division great again.”
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Covington says no one can keep his pace. Calls Woodley an easy matchup. “All he has is a right hand and no gas tank. I’m not scared of his power. I’ll finish him inside three rounds.”
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Colby calls GSP a “syrup sucking Canadian” and says he’ll bury him.
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Colby expects to turn babyface against Woodley because no one likes Woodley. “He’s too busy gossiping about the Kardashians”
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Colby says he’s the real champion and Woodley is the paper champ. Said Woodley is ducking him.
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Colby has “no comment” on Jon Jones. “He is who he is.”
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Covington isn’t worried about Woodley getting info from others who train at ATT. Says they’ll do private training. Puts over Dan Lambert and ATT for taking him in and raising him.
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Covington says “turning down the invitation to see Trump is a slap in the face of America.”
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“They aren’t paid all that money to be political people. They are paid to play football. If I see them in the streets, I’m going to slap them” – Colby on the Eagles
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And that’s it for Colby. No one else tonight. Everyone was taken to the hospital.
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