Yoel Romero
“Soldier of God”
MiddleweightInactive
Career record
13–5–0
wins–losses–draws
UFC record
9–4–0
as stored in the database
Wins by
7KO0SUB2DEC
knockout · submission · decision
Losses by
0KO0SUB4DEC
knockout · submission · decision
Bio & physicals
- Date of birth
- 1977-04-30 · age 49
- Height
- 6′ 0″ (72 in)
- Reach
- 73 in
- Leg reach
- 42 in
- Stance
- Southpaw
- Country
- Cuba
- Hometown
- Pinar Del Rio, Cuba
- Gym / team
- American Top Team ATT Coconut Creek, FL
- Octagon debut
- 2013-04-20
Striking & grappling
- Strikes landed per minute
- 3.44
- Striking accuracy
- 49%
- Strikes absorbed per minute
- 3.05
- Striking defence
- 60%
- Takedown average
- 1.57
- Takedown accuracy
- 30%
- Takedown defence
- 78%
- Submission average
- 0.00
Career averages as stored. A dash is a value the database does not hold; a zero is a recorded zero. Nothing on this page is computed from the bouts below.
Bout history
13 recorded · newest first| Date | Opponent | Result | Method | Weight class | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-03-07 | Israel Adesanyatitle | Loss | Unanimous Decision · R5 · 5:00 | Middleweight | UFC 248: Adesanya vs. Romero |
| 2019-08-17 | Paulo Costa | Loss | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Middleweight | UFC 241: Cormier vs. Miocic 2 |
| 2018-06-09 | Robert Whittaker | Loss | Split Decision · R5 · 5:00 | Middleweight | UFC 225: Whittaker vs. Romero 2 |
| 2018-02-10 | Luke Rockhold | Win | TKO · R3 · 1:48 | Middleweight | UFC 221: Romero vs. Rockhold |
| 2017-07-08 | Robert Whittakertitle | Loss | Unanimous Decision · R5 · 5:00 | Middleweight | UFC 213: Romero vs. Whittaker |
| 2016-11-12 | Chris Weidman | Win | TKO · R3 · 0:24 | Middleweight | UFC 205: Alvarez vs McGregor |
| 2015-12-12 | Jacare Souza | Win | Split Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Middleweight | UFC 194: Aldo vs McGregor |
| 2015-06-27 | Lyoto Machida | Win | TKO · R3 · 1:38 | Middleweight | UFC Fight Night: Machida vs Romero |
| 2014-09-27 | Tim Kennedy | Win | TKO · R3 · 0:58 | Middleweight | UFC 178: Johnson vs Cariaso |
| 2014-04-19 | Brad Tavares | Win | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Middleweight | UFC on FOX: Werdum vs Browne |
| 2014-01-15 | Derek Brunson | Win | TKO · R3 · 3:23 | Middleweight | UFC Fight Night: Rockhold vs Philippou |
| 2013-11-06 | Ronny Markes | Win | TKO · R3 · 1:39 | Middleweight | UFC Fight Night: Fight for the Troops 3 |
| 2013-04-20 | Clifford Starks | Win | TKO · R1 · 1:32 | Middleweight | UFC on FOX: Henderson vs Melendez |
Bouts are matched to this fighter on ID, never on name — 13 rows in the archive list Yoel Romero as one of the two fighters. The bout count here is a count of rows in this archive and will not always equal the career record above, which is a separate stored field. The database also holds an Elo rating for each fighter; it is a current rating that already contains the results below, so it is not published on this page.
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