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Yoel Romero

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Yoel Romero
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YOEL
ROMERO
Pinar del Río, Cuba
"SOLDIER OF GOD"
Born
Apr 30, 1977
Age
48 years
Debut
Dec 20, 2009
Record
16-7 (13)
KOs
13 (56.52%)
Submissions
0
Health
Last 5 Fights
Height
178 cm
Reach
185 cm
Disparity
7 cm
Stance
Orthodox
Latest Fight
Feb 24, 2024
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Generated by: zen-minimum-mma 0.5.1 (2025-10-11)

MMA career summary

Yoel Romero (16-7, 13) was born in Pinar del Río, Cuba on April 30, 1977. At the age of 32 years on December 20, 2009, he made his professional MMA debut against Sascha Weinpolter, winning the fight via 1st-round TKO.

On April 20, 2013, 35-year old Yoel Romero made his UFC debut on his 6th professional MMA fight at UFC on Fox: Henderson vs. Melendez against a 31-year old Clifford Starks, winning the fight in the 1st round via KO.

On his 14th career fight at 40 years old, Yoel Romero got a shot at the UFC Championship middleweight titles against Robert Whittaker on July 8, 2017 but lost the fight via 5-round unanimous decision.

Romero's last fight was a 3-round unanimous decision win against Thiago Santos at PFL vs. Bellator at age 46 on February 24, 2024. He is on a 1-fight winning streak.

He has fought 13 times in the UFC, and has a record of 9 wins and 4 losses in the promotion.

Some of Yoel Romero's best fights have been against Clifford Starks, Derek Brunson, Lyoto Machida, Ronny Markes, Chris Weidman, Luke Rockhold and Ronaldo Souza. For details about these fights refer to "Best fights of Yoel Romero".

Romero has 7 losses on his MMA record. For details about these losses refer to "Yoel Romero Losses".

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23 fights