Yoel Romero ’s cornermen weren’t exactly on their best behavior Saturday night at UFC 178, UFC President Dana White told MMAjunkie, but the UFC is also partially to blame for a controversial delay between rounds in the middleweight fight with Tim Kennedy . White said the type of behavior seen by Romero’s cornerman’s is “the dirtiest trick in the book” but added the victorious fighter also got extra time because a UFC cutman applied too much Vaseline to his face, forcing referee John McCarthy to further delay the start of the third round. “So that’s what throws the whole wrinkle in,” White said of the immediate backlash that arose after the fight, which saw Romero rebound from a near-knockout late in the second round to score a TKO win in the third .
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Dana White says UFC shares blame in Yoel Romero vs. Tim Kennedy controversy – MMA Junkie