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Yoel Romero
Fighter

Yoel Romero

"Soldier of God"
16-7-0
pro-knuckle 1-1pro-knuckle-mma 1-0Grappling 1-0pro-wrestling 8-4
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CAREER SUMMARY

Yoel Romero holds a professional MMA record of 16-7-0. Their full professional MMA career spans 24 bouts on record. Yoel Romero has won 17 fights: 13 by KO/TKO, 0 by submission, 4 by decision. Yoel Romero also has 1 recorded Grappling bout. Yoel Romero also has 1 recorded knuckle-mma bout. Yoel Romero also has 2 recorded knuckle bouts. Yoel Romero also has 12 recorded wrestling bouts. Yoel Romero also has 2 recorded Special rules bouts. Most recent fight: February 24, 2024. Tracked organizations: PFL, UFC.

Profile

Height
6'0"183 cm
Weight
185 lbs84 kg
Reach
73"185 cm
Stance
—
DOB
1977-04-30

UFC career

Source: UFCStats.com · Record: 13-5-0

SLpM
3.44
Str. Acc.
49%
SApM
3.05
Str. Def.
—
TD Avg.
1.57
TD Acc.
30%
TD Def.
78%
Sub. Avg.
—

Career history

  1. WIN
    vs Thiago Santos
    PFLPFL Super Fights - PFL vs. Bellator Champs· Feb 24, 2024· Light Heavyweight· 15-7 vs 22-11
    UD
    R3 · 5:00
  2. LOSS
    vs Vadim Nemkov
    Bellator 297· Jun 16, 2023· Light Heavyweight· 15-6 vs 16-2
    UD
  3. CXLD
    vs Vadim Nemkov
    Bellator 290· Feb 4, 2023· Light Heavyweight
    —
  4. WIN
    vs Melvin Manhoef
    Bellator 285· Sep 23, 2022· Light Heavyweight· 14-6 vs 32-15-1
    TKO
    R3 · 3:34
  5. WIN
    vs Alex Polizzi
    Bellator 280· May 6, 2022· Light Heavyweight· 13-6 vs 10-1
    TKO
    R3 · 4:59
  6. CXLD
    vs Melvin Manhoef
    Bellator 280· May 6, 2022· Light Heavyweight
    —
  7. LOSS
    vs Phil Davis
    Bellator 266· Sep 18, 2021· Light Heavyweight· 13-5 vs 22-6
    SD
  8. CXLD
    vs Anthony Johnson
    Bellator 258· May 7, 2021· Light Heavyweight
    —
  9. CXLD
    vs Uriah Hall
    UFC Fight Night· Aug 22, 2020· Middleweight
    —
  10. LOSS
    vs Israel Adesanya
    UFCUFC 248: Adesanya vs Romero· Mar 8, 2020· Middleweight· Title bout· 13-4 vs 18-0
    UD
    R5 · 5:00
  11. LOSS
    vs Paulo Costa
    UFCUFC 241: Cormier vs Miocic· Aug 17, 2019· Middleweight· 13-3 vs 12-0
    UD
    R3 · 5:00
  12. CXLD
    vs Ronaldo Souza
    UFC on ESPN+ 8· Apr 27, 2019· Middleweight
    —
  13. LOSS
    vs Robert Whittaker
    UFCUFC 225: Whittaker vs Romero· Jun 9, 2018· Middleweight· 13-2 vs 19-4
    SD
    R5 · 5:00
  14. CXLD
    vs David Branch
    UFC on FOX 28· Feb 24, 2018· Middleweight
    —
  15. WIN
    vs Luke Rockhold
    UFCUFC 221: Romero vs Rockhold· Feb 10, 2018· Middleweight· 12-2 vs 16-3
    TKO
    R3 · 1:48
  16. LOSS
    vs Robert Whittaker
    UFCUFC 213: Romero vs Whittaker· Jul 9, 2017· Interim Middleweight· Title bout· 12-1 vs 18-4
    UD
    R5 · 5:00
  17. WIN
    vs Chris Weidman
    UFCUFC 205: Alvarez vs McGregor· Nov 13, 2016· Middleweight· 11-1 vs 13-1
    TKO
    R3 · 0:24
  18. WIN
    vs Jacare Souza
    UFCUFC 194: Aldo vs McGregor· Dec 12, 2015· Middleweight
    SD
    R3 · 5:00
  19. WIN
    vs Ronaldo Souza
    UFC 194: Aldo vs. McGregor· Dec 12, 2015· Middleweight· 10-1 vs 22-3
    SD
  20. WIN
    vs Lyoto Machida
    UFCUFC Fight Night: Machida vs Romero· Jun 27, 2015· Middleweight· 9-1 vs 22-6
    TKO
    R3 · 1:38
  21. CXLD
    vs Ronaldo Souza
    UFC on FOX 15· Apr 18, 2015· Middleweight
    —
  22. CXLD
    vs Ronaldo Souza
    UFC 184: Rousey vs. Zingano· Feb 28, 2015· Middleweight
    —
  23. WIN
    vs Tim Kennedy
    UFCUFC 178: Johnson vs Cariaso· Sep 27, 2014· Middleweight· 8-1 vs 18-4
    TKO
    R3 · 0:58
  24. WIN
    vs Brad Tavares
    UFCUFC on FOX: Werdum vs Browne· Apr 19, 2014· Middleweight· 7-1 vs 12-1
    UD
    R3 · 5:00
  25. WIN
    vs Derek Brunson
    UFCUFC Fight Night: Rockhold vs Philippou· Jan 15, 2014· Middleweight· 6-1 vs 11-2
    TKO
    R3 · 3:23
  26. WIN
    vs Ronny Markes
    UFCUFC Fight Night: Kennedy vs Natal· Nov 6, 2013· Middleweight· 5-1 vs 14-1
    TKO
    R3 · 1:39
  27. CXLD
    vs Brian Houston
    UFC 164: Henderson vs. Pettis 2· Aug 31, 2013· Middleweight
    —
  28. CXLD
    vs Derek Brunson
    UFC 164: Henderson vs. Pettis 2· Aug 31, 2013· Middleweight
    —
  29. WIN
    vs Clifford Starks
    UFCUFC on FOX: Henderson vs Melendez· Apr 20, 2013· Middleweight· 4-1 vs 8-1
    TKO
    R1 · 1:32
  30. LOSS
    vs Rafael Cavalcante
    Strikeforce· Sep 10, 2011· Light Heavyweight· 4-0 vs 10-3
    TKO
    R2 · 4:51
  31. WIN
    vs Laszlo Eck
    Germany Regional· May 27, 2011· 3-0 vs 0-0
    TKO
  32. WIN
    vs Ņikita Petrovs
    Superior FC· Mar 5, 2011· 2-0 vs 1-4
    TKO
  33. WIN
    vs Michał Fijałka
    Poland Regional· Oct 8, 2010· 1-0 vs 6-1
    TKO
  34. WIN
    vs Sascha Weinpolter
    Germany Regional· Dec 20, 2009· 0-0 vs 7-1
    TKO

Career history data via Tapology.