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Robert Whittaker not sure how ‘superhuman’ Yoel Romero recovered from weight cut

Yoel Romero went through a brutal weight for UFC 225 and, despite his best efforts, the Cuban still hit the scales .2 lbs overweight and was forced to forfeit 20 percent of his purse to Robert Whittaker.

Despite pushing himself to the brink of exhaustion at Friday’s weigh-ins, ‘Soldier of God’ showed no signs of fatigue in the UFC 225 main event and almost finished ‘The Reaper’ in the later rounds.

Speaking to GrangeTV in a recent interview, reigning champion Whittaker said it felt like Romero was ‘superhuman’ come fight night and questioned how the former Olympian was able to rehydrate so effectively.