I can't believe Dana would let that go.

Tim absolutely beat Yoel that night but got jacked.

The way he described it make’s perfect sense, since he knew by the rules he won, he was filled with relief and was no longer mentally prepped to fight

To put it in perspective, this would be like if in an NBA game someone shot the ball 30 seconds after the buzzer and they counted it.

The worst fight in ufc history. Absolute robbery

There were errors on both sides, but Yoel staying on the stool for that long was ridiculous, and absolutely should have been a DQ.

The athletic commission should have viewed the fight, overturned the result and issued a no contest

Its wild they left the glove hooking out the story ! 😂 The most important part

I remember watching that fight. I was confused on why the referee isn’t calling a dq. That 40 seconds felt like forever watching Romero get recovered

If you can't get back into the ring, 5 seconds after the bell, you're done.

Same thing kind of happened to me. I chocked out my opponent at the end of the first round, let go at the bell, he was out. They gave him a minute thirty to come back, I thought the fight was over, first fight, adrenaline dump. He wins by tko. I was celebrating, they even took my picture as the winner. A year later it was ruled a no contest.

“19 year olds shouldn’t be allowed to own AR15” -Tim Kennedy

Should have been disqualified. Theres no excuse for this.

This was one of John McCarthys biggest mistakes

One of if not...... the worse call ever.... that extra time was his recovery and it still fires me up just thinking how a brother in arms got robbed like that

This is 100% what happened, momentum is EVERYTHING in adrenaline game

People say fighters got robbed all the time. Tim really got robbed!

That bothered the hell out of me and I'm not the one who was in there, I can only imagine how much it bothers him.

Tim needs to stop grabbing gloves and cheating-that’s the only reason he almost finished Romero. He’s a clown and is still crying about that loss

BUUUUT, let's not forget that Tim was hooking Yoels gloves to tee off on him when he got hurt. Both sides pulled some dirty shit.

Very fair of him to say screw UFC after that. The rules are the rules and they shouldn’t be bent or compromised by anyone.

Man anyone that has played any sport knows that MOMENTUM is a real thing!! Once you or your team has built momentum in a match its hard for others to get back in.

Tim don't accept the defeat 😂😂😂 He do it well living ufc..

I thought it was because Kelvin beat him like he owed him money

Mccarthy admitted to telling Yoel to stay on the stool

I remember that fight. We all were screaming the fight was over.

The battle wasn’t over and Tim lost. His heart wasn’t broken, Yoel broke Tim’s will to fight.

Imagine how crazy that would have been Tim was on a run at that time and in solid shape.

This is probably THE MOST misunderstood sequence in UFC history.

Yoel always does this too. Seen him fake multiple nut shots just to catch his breath

You can’t lose the adrenaline in that situation. Watch Tyson when it looked like Andrew Galata was doing the same thing. (he wasn’t. He was actually hurt.) Tyson increased the adrenaline, and became furious.

The NFL tried to tell you print professional sports is an entertainment venue and they have the right to dictate the outcome

Dana betting against an American vet is crazy Edit: everyone losing their minds in the comments just off an observation lol

Tim really did get robbed that day. He was already celebrating after the ref did that ten second countdown and he technically won. He wasn’t in the same mentality at all after that and was pissed off after they told him the fight was continuing. He won that fight. And whoever won the fight was going to get a chance for the belt their next fight too.

It’s true when it comes down to the judges - the judges always choose the fighter who brings more profit in the future or choose some favor for the guy who has no losses to be able to promote them better and sell more paperviews. For example, the John Jones fight

It amazes me how many people say he got robbed when he grabbed Yoels glove before landing the punches that were hurting him to begin with, which is illegal. So it is just fair that Yoel got that extra time.

Yoel Romero is the biggest coward in UFC history. Several of his fights he took cheap shots and broke the rules claiming he couldn’t understand English or it was just an accident. When something happens repeatedly it stops becoming an accident.

Imagine beating somebody you didn’t think you beat and the refs help this mf out smh

Never forget Tim held Yoel’s glove that lead to that, which was illegal on Tim’s part. An eye for an eye.

Tim forgets to mention he was holding the inside of yoels gloves when he landed those heavy shots at the end of the round , which is illegal

He forgot to mention the glove grab that caused Romero to get caught in the first place

This is how they fix fights. Purposefully messing with momentum. Giving some fighters infinite time recover, prematurely calling KOs. Etc

There was no robbery, Tim was outsmarted and is making excuses. Yoel Romero has a reputation for making late comebacks. Tim was also brutally finished in his last fight against another fighter.

This is right up there with Anderson silva knocking bisping out

Love how he doesn’t talk about him hooking Yoel’s glove so he can rock him 😂😂😂😂

That fight was such utter bullshit. I remember seeing it live and just thinking to myself what an absolute disgrace of a fight. Tim should 10000% of been declared the winner

Ha that’s funny the only reason he almost knocked Yoel out was because he held his gloves to land those strikes. If anything props to Yoel, the ref did nothing to punish Tim for those illegal blows. Take your time getting up!

10 seconds to answer the bell. 40 seconds later, answers the bell. Not DQ'd. Thats not UFC that's WWE😂

You’re one of the few people who could beat that guy I didn’t realize that kudos bro

No rules, no breaks, no referees. No more mistakes.

Thats why McCarthy is no longer a ref

I was so serious until "The bell sounds TING!!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

I learnt a lot from my dad especially about how not to be a father and I won’t ever make the same mistakes he has

Tim you cheated grabbing Yoels gloves or you wouldn’t have had him rocked to start with.

Crazy how he never mentions how he was hooking Yoel’s glove when he rocked him

Definitely was holding Romero gloves and the ufc cut man put too much

Funny how people remember events with extreme bias. What actually happened was, in the last 10 seconds of the round Tim got his fingers inside Yoels glove (which is illegal under UFC rules). while Tim had his fingers illegally inside Yoels glove, he landed big shots that Yoel couldn't back up from or block due to Tim's illegal gloves hold. Yoel makes it to the end of the round and both go back to their corners. Yoel refuses to get off the stool for about 10 seconds and the big John pulls him up, another 5 seconds pass and the fight starts again. Tim takes a pounding and loses the fight. Tim cheated and landed illegal fight ending strikes on Yoel. Yoel cheated and took an extra 15 seconds rest. Out of the 2 methods of cheating, Tim's is way worse because Tims cheating almost ended the fight illegally and Yoel received no benefit. Yoels cheating gave both of them extra time to rest. Tim also didn't retire after that fight, he retired 2 years later after another loss. Tim is butt hurt because Yoel cheated but ignores that he cheated seconds before that. He also is basically saying he couldn't keep his mind together in that 15 seconds and zoned out of the fight, while Yoel almost got KO'd illegally and got his mind back in the fight in those 15 seconds.

Blaming Dana is wild 😂

I mean Tim forgot to mention how he was putting his fingers inside Yoels gloves. Literal videos of that. Both were cheating that day.

Yoel was guilty of "stool" gate. Tim was guilty of "hook my fingers in your glove so you can't block my punches" gate.

I watched that live and am a huge Romero fan and that was how it went down it was unbelievable

The fight that proved its as fixed as pro wrestling. Dana picks his champions before they fight a single round.

The worst robbery in MMA history.

Everyone here is forgetting that Tim fouled Yoel to get that combination off 😂

He forgot the part where he had his hands inside Yoels gloves so Yoel couldn't defend himself which caused Yoel to get damaged in the first place. Im so glad Yoel came back and put him away 🤣🤣🤣🤣. Absolutely beautiful.

I like how he lies yoel never "crumpled to the ground" and I don't think he ever mentions him grabbing yoels glove so he could land the shots to begin with.

So.....the UFC has turned into WWE 2024

Tim held Yoel's gloves (illegal move) and hurt him before the end of the round. The foul went unnoticed by the official so to make it even Yoel decided to rest longer on the stool. They both cheated in that fight but Tim cheated first. I remember that very clearly.

This is an MMA robbery. All you guys who call robbery at a close fight understand MMA judging. This is a REAL robbery

I remember that day. We were all freaking out in my living room. Tim Kennedy won that fight. Dude is a real life super hero!

This match always gets overlooked by the fact that Tim was grabbing Yoel's right glove while landing clean uppercuts 10 seconds before the bell rang. Big John didn't call him out on that and yes those few shots and not being able to properly defend yourself were probably more crucial than the 40 seconds of rest which applied to both.

Tim grabbed York’s glove and landed shots all the while. That’s illegal. Same with kneeing a grounded opponent, nut shots, and eye pokes. He didn’t mount any significant offense prior to grabbing Yoel’s glove and landing those 3 or 5 hard shots.

One of the worst f ups in UFC's history of letting cheaters win.

Pretty rare negative check on Dana’s resume. His missed the mark on this one - also the Nevada athletic commission. Can’t blame Tim one bit

Damn I didn’t realize it was the same guy

Watched that fight and I firmly believe it was intentional that Romero was allowed to blatantly cheat. The UFC had invested so much in him and expected him to walk through Tim that when it didn’t happen they did whatever they could to give him that fight. I lost all respect for Romero and a lot of respect for the UFC.

Tim should go and shut Sean Strickland up

Man after an incident like that it kills ur confidence, Tim was literally so let down that the UFC would allow that to happen, an organization he put his heart an soul in

he knocked Romero down by holding his gloves. Tim didn't mention it ofc

Let us not forget how Tim fish hooked the inside of Yoel’s glove to land the shot that initially hurt him.

The same as the judge saved Fury with Usyk. Luckily, Usyk still won by a split decision but the judge saved Fury from being KO'd fs.

Tim got robbed.

This fight made the UFC look like boxing. Total garbage. Broke the rules. Tim won hands down.

I remember this fight and hate that he stopped after this. Hell of a fighter, hell of a soldier and even a better human.

How did he literally get away with this, so ridiculous

It's funny watching so many people comment on a fight they clearly didn't watch. You saw the clip here of Yoel in the corner, but what you didn't see is how Tim landed those shots to hurt Yoel in the first place. He was grabbing inside his glove to hold his arm up so he couldn't block. That's 100% against the rules and there's 0% chance it was an accident or he didn't know.

That's a Dana White move

if the ufc didn't have rounds and the fights just went 1 whole round the scoreboards would definitely look different

So sad.. Dana needs to answer to this.

This guy was grabbing yoels gloves 😂

You held his gloves 😂

He was illegally grabbing Yoels gloves to punch him. Yoel did that because the ref didn’t say anything so they both cheated

Mccarthy stopped the fight before the bell fights over

but we’re not gonna talk about how he held his gloves to land those shots on romero

I love how Tim could perfectly recall what happened in that fight except for when he was intentionally grabbing Yoel’s gloves to land big shots in the first place lol

Tim also had the same recovery time. Great fighters dont lose that way

Why Tim doesn’t tell you was that he illegally held Romero’s gloves at the end of that round so he couldn’t block the punches or throw proper punches back. Tim lost because big Jon didn’t penalize him for that but instead gave Romero extra time which then in return led to Tim getting finished.

John took responsibility and said “ I did tell Romero to sit back down.

Tim leaves out the fact he was cheating, which led to him rocking Romero, and it was the UFC personnel that caused the delay in Romero's corner, not his corner people.

That really sucks, it's cool hearing stories like this.