Yoel romero

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Yoel Romero Palacio born April 30, is a Cuban professional mixed martial artist and former freestyle wrestler. As a freestyle wrestler , Romero competed at 85 kilograms, and he was the '99 World Champion five-time medalist at the World Championships , the '00 Olympic Silver medalist , a three-time World Cup winner six-time medalist , the '03 Pan American Games Gold medalist bronze medalist in '99 and a five-time Pan American Champion. Romero started training in wrestling in the s, [10] eventually representing Cuba at senior level in the FILA Wrestling World Championships , which is held in non-Olympic years, from to After landing a three-point throw against Adam Saitiev to take a 3—2 lead, Romero was penalized a point for passivity with 20 seconds remaining. In overtime, after a scramble that saw Romero end on top, it was judged Saitiev had scored in the interim. Romero competed in the Summer Olympics and the Summer Olympics , representing his home nation of Cuba. He won the silver medal in the freestyle competition , losing to Adam Saitiev in the finals.

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Lee June 24, Yoel Romero moved to Bellator amid light heavyweight grand prix schedule shift".

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On Saturday night in the Bay Area, Yoel Romero will begin his latest and perhaps final chapter to his combat sports career. The year-old is as seasoned as they come, competing at a world-class level in wrestling since the s and nearing his 20th professional MMA fight. It truly gives you desire to get to work. They give you a lot of respect. They treat you with respect, and they give you value. The release from the UFC was, in many ways, surprising.

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Romero, 43, spoke to ESPN on Wednesday and broke down how he heard about his release, explaining that it came out of nowhere as he was preparing to step back into the octagon sometime in early We were already thinking about fighting in January or February. We were looking to fight with the top-3 in either division, , My managers explained this to the top of the UFC. The world title. The way that we were training and making it happen, we knew that we had one or two fights and then we would go for the belt. Our thought was that fighting any of these guys in the back of the roster, that it was taking steps backwards, not forwards.

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Davis Saturday, September 18th Chicago, Illinois , United States. San Jose, California , United States. World Champions in freestyle middleweight 86 kg. Justin Abdou. Archived from the original on 5 October Chris Barnett. As a freestyle wrestler , Romero competed at 85 kilograms, and he was the '99 World Champion five-time medalist at the World Championships , the '00 Olympic Silver medalist , a three-time World Cup winner six-time medalist , the '03 Pan American Games Gold medalist bronze medalist in '99 and a five-time Pan American Champion. Retrieved on UFC color commentator Joe Rogan mistakenly blamed this on Romero's cornermen for failing to leave the Octagon on time, when the blame was actually on a UFC Cutman who applied too much Vaseline to a cut and referee John McCarthy for allowing Romero to stay sitting while trying to get the cutman to return to the octagon to wipe the excess off.

Yoel Romero said his release from the UFC was "completely unexpected," explaining that he was training with the hope he would be one or two wins from another title shot.

In a controversial post-fight interview after his victory over Lyoto Machida at UFC Fight Night 70 , it was assumed by many that Romero was expressing disagreement with the Obergefell v. Fort Campbell, Kentucky , United States. Robert Whittaker interim middleweight title fight set for UFC ". September 27, KO Punches Round 3. Robert Whittaker 5 Middleweight. He knocked out Machida at of the third round with a series of elbows from top position. UFC Adesanya vs. Anaheim, California , United States. Davyd Bichinashvili. Israel Adesanya 1 Middleweight. Tools Tools. Cincinnati, Ohio , United States.