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Yoel Romero

Yoel Romero Palacio is a Cuban Mixed Martial Artist (MMA) who presently competes in the Middleweight competition of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). In the beginning of his career, he used to fight as a freestyle wrestler and has been a World Champion and an Olympic silver medallist for his home country, Cuba. As a freestyle wrestler, Yoel has managed to defeat several world champions and Olympic gold medallists and was constantly counted among the best wrestlers. At the Pan American games in 2003, he struck gold medal but at the Olympics next year, where he could only manage to get a hold of fourth place in freestyle wrestling. Starting 2009, his MMA career has grown rapidly. The biggest MMA tournament in the world, UFC, signed him on and Yoel made his debut in the ring in April 2013. Ever since he has entered UFC, he has been unstoppable and received several honours such as Knockout of the Night, Performance of the Night and Fight of the Night, becoming in the process one of the most widely recognized MMA faces in the world.

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Born

April 30, 1977

Birth Place

Pinar del Río, Cuba

Nationality

Cuban

Sun Sign

Taurus

Also Known As

Yoel Romero Palacio

Famous As

Mixed Martial Artist (MMA)

Height

6'0" (183 cm)

Residence

Miami,_Florida

Siblings

Yoan Pablo Hernández

Children

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CBS Sports

2022 Bellator MMA schedule: Gegard Mousasi vs. Johnny Eblen, Yoel Romero vs. Melvin Manhoef on tap

Bellator MMA is off and rolling in 2022. The year has brought exciting action back to the cage in the first four months, and the next two are already packed to the gills with massive matchups. April kicked off with a massive upset as Patricio Ptibull regained his throne atop...

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Bellator MMA Fighter Rankings: Ryan Bader improves P4P standing, Yoel Romero debuts at light heavyweight

Ryan Bader and Yoel Romero are moving up in the Bellator MMA world. Bader and Romero emerged from the main event and co-main event of Bellator 280 victorious. Their success was reflected by Tuesday's updated Bellator rankings. Bader swept Cheick Kongo on the scorecards in front of Kongo's countrymen to...

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Bellator 280: Yoel Romero produces 'masterclass' to beat Alex Polizzi by TKO with one second to spare

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