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Joe Rogan on Yoel Romero: “The man is made out of some other worldly material”
UFC commentator Joe Rogan was cageside for last night’s UFC 241 middleweight war between Yoel Romero and Paulo Costa. The highly anticipated bout lived up to expectations as ‘The Soldier of God’ and ‘The Eraser’ proceeded to exchange bombs for fifteen straight minutes. After three rounds of heart-pounding action, Paulo Costa was awarded a unanimous […]
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Dana White reacts to Yoel Romero vs. Paulo Costa at UFC 241
UFC President Dana White spoke to media following the conclusion of UFC 241, where he shared his thoughts on tonight’s Yoel Romero vs. Paulo Costa fight. Speaking with ESPN‘s Brett Okamoto backstage, White had the following to say about Costa’s controversial decision victory over Romero. “It was everything I thought it was going to be.” […]
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Pros react to Yoel Romero vs. Paulo Costa at UFC 241
A key middleweight bout between Yoel Romero and Paulo Costa took place on the main card of tonight’s UFC 241 event in Anaheim. Romero (13-3 MMA) was returning to action for the first time since suffering a controversial split-decision loss to Robert Whittaker at UFC 225 in June of 2018. ‘The Soldier of God’ has […]
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UFC 241 Results: Paulo Costa defeats Yoel Romero (Highlights)
A key middleweight bout between former division title challenger Yoel Romero and Paulo Costa takes place on the main card of UFC 241. ‘The Soldier of God’ will be returning to action for the first time since suffering a controversial split-decision loss to Robert Whittaker at UFC 225 in June of 2018. Yoel Romero (13-3 […]
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UFC 241 Live Results and Highlights
The Octagon returns to Anaheim this evening for UFC 241, a pay-per-view event headlined by a heavyweight title fight rematch between Daniel Cormier and Stipe Miocic. Cormier and Miocic first met at UFC 226 in July of 2018, with ‘DC’ emerging victorious by way of first round knockout, thus claiming the promotions heavyweight championship. Since […]
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Yoel Romero not concerned with weight cut ahead of UFC 241
Yoel Romero is confident that he can avoid a scale fail at the UFC 241 weigh-ins. Tomorrow night (Aug. 17), Romero will collide with Paulo Costa in a middleweight tilt. Romero is looking to prove that he’s still at the top of the heap at 185 pounds, while Costa hopes to boost himself to contender […]
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Kenny Florian thinks Paulo Costa took Yoel Romero bout too soon
Kenny Florian believes that Paulo Costa is not ready for a middleweight the caliber of Yoel Romero. Ready or not, Costa will indeed go one-on-one with “The Soldier of God” (see pros picks here) this Saturday night (Aug. 17). The bout will take place on the main card of UFC 241. The action will be […]
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Paulo Costa makes confident prediction for Yoel Romero fight
Paulo Costa has high expectations for himself heading into his UFC 241 fight against Yoel Romero. The Brazilian has been asking for this fight for a long time and now, after three previous attempts failed, the two will finally meet. Costa wanted the fight for a simple reason. He believes he can beat Romero easily. […]
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UFC 241 | Pro fighters make their picks for Yoel Romero vs. Paulo Costa
The UFC has stacked the deck for UFC 241, with the heavyweight title on the line and some very intriguing bouts on the main card. In one of those bouts, former middleweight title challenger Yoel Romero will take on Brazilian knockout artist Paulo Costa, who has been asking for this fight for a long time. […]
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Michael Bisping reacts to Yoel Romero’s $27M lawsuit
Earlier this week, top UFC middleweight contender Yoel Romero struck it rich, winning a case against a supplement company and pocketing a whopping $27 million. Michael Bisping, one of the Cuban’s chief rivals, is happy to hear it. Bisping reacted to Romero’s massive payday on a recent episode of his Believe You Me podcast. “I’m […]
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Yoel Romero pockets $27M in tainted supplement case
Top-ranked UFC middleweight contender, Yoel Romero seems to have gone and turned the ultimate negative into the ultimate positive. The Cuban Olympic silver medalist in wrestling found himself under investigation by USADA in January 2016 which led to a six-month suspension from what was the result of tainted supplement usage. Following the incident, Romero went […]
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Fourth time’s the charm, Yoel Romero vs Paulo Costa targeted for UFC 241
The UFC middleweight division homes several super talented competitors and at the very top, each is continually producing great fights. Two of the division’s most devastating finishers are undeniably the pairing of Cuba’s ‘Soldier of God,’ the Olympic silver medalist in wrestling, Yoel Romero (13-3) and Brazil’s knockout extraordinaire, Paulo Costa (12-0). Originally, the experienced […]
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Israel Adesanya fires back at Yoel Romero, compares him to Groot
Last week, UFC interim middleweight champ Israel Adesanya took a shot at Yoel Romero on Twitter, questioning the Cuban wrestler’s accomplishments and criticizing him for his previous weight cutting issues. “…and tha fuck what. Y’ll act like Romero is the champ, never makes weight, never won a UFC belt. Them: “yOu foUGht aN OLd sIlVa!!” […]
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Paulo Costa Accepts Six-Month USADA Suspension For IV Use
Paulo Costa has accepted a six month punishment from the USADA. The rising UFC middleweight agreed to a six-month suspension from USADA (U.S. Anti-Doping Agency) for violations in June and November of 2017. The suspensions were handed down August 10, 2018 and expired on February 10, 2019. According to their press release, Paulo Costa took […]
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Yoel Romero to Israel Adesanya: ‘See you soon’
Over the weekend, in the co-main event of UFC 236, undefeated UFC middleweight contender Israel Adesanya became the interim champion with a dazzling decision defeat of the dangerous Kelvin Gastelum. Adesanya’s thrilling victory over Gastelum caught the attention of pretty much every member of the MMA community. That includes former middleweight title challenger Yoel Romero, […]
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Report | With Yoel Romero out, Ronaldo ‘Jacare’ Souza potentially fighting Paulo Costa
Last night, we were hit with the unfortunate news that former UFC middleweight title challenger Yoel Romero had been forced out of the main event of UFC Fort Lauderdale with an illness. This left his opponent, Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza, without an opponent. According a report from Brazilian MMA news outlet Combate, the UFC has already […]
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Report | Yoel Romero Out of UFC Fort Lauderdale Main Event
According to a report from Brazilian media outlet AgFight, Yoel Romero is out of the UFC Fort Lauderdale main event due to an illness. The report states that Romero contracted pneumonia in the weeks leading up to the fight, causing him to withdraw from his headlining bout against Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza. The report states that […]
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Yoel Romero explains what he wants to accomplish before moving to light heavyweight
It’s previously been suggested that former UFC middleweight title challenger Yoel Romero could soon move up to the 205 pound light heavyweight division. From the sounds of it, however, Romero will not be making that move any time soon. His first priority, he says, is capturing gold in his current division. “Yeah, of course [I […]
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Top middleweights troll Paulo Costa after Yoel Romero’s accusations
For a period, middleweight destroyers Yoel Romero and Paulo Costa were expected to collide this spring. In a surprising twist, however, Romero was then matched up with Ronaldo ‘Jacare’ Souza, leaving Costa without an opponent. Speaking on Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show on Monday, Romero stated that he heard Paulo Costa had been flagged for a […]
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Yoel Romero heard Paulo Costa being flagged by USADA was reason for fight falling out
The middleweight division in MMA is one that is always providing some sort of intrigue and the reasons for why are seemingly limitless. One of the recently proposed match-ups over the last few months has been one that pits divisional powerhouses Yoel Romero and Paulo Costa against one another. However, the fight has fallen through […]
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‘Jacare’ Souza has awesome reaction to Yoel Romero rematch booking
When former Strikeforce champ Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza joined the UFC middleweight division in 2013, he was right on the cusp of a UFC middleweight title shot. He’s remained in close range of a title shot ever since, but unfortunately has never had the opportunity to fight for a UFC belt thus far. Today, Jacare is […]
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BREAKING | UFC Sunrise headliner changes as Yoel Romero now set to rematch Jacare Souza
The UFC heads to Florida in late April for what looks to be a rather exciting card from top to bottom. At the very top, however, there has been a change in the card’s originally expected main event. The UFC was hoping to have two-time middleweight title challenger, Yoel Romero (13-3) taking on the rising […]
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Robert Whittaker encourages Adesanya and Gastelum to fight Yoel Romero if they ‘want something to do’
On Saturday afternoon — mere hours before his scheduled fight with Kelvin Gastelum — UFC middleweight champ Robert Whittaker was rushed to the hospital for surgery as the result of a collapsed hernia. The champ is now facing a potentially lengthy recovery. Bad news for Gastelum, who is still waiting for his title shot, and […]
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Report | Yoel Romero set to return at April’s UFC event in Miami
Former UFC title challenger Yoel Romero (13-3 MMA) will return to the octagon this Spring at UFC Miami. That news comes via Brazilian news outlet Combate, who broke the following news on Twitter. According to the report, Yoel Romero will take on Paulo Costa at UFC Fight Night Miami on April 27. If true, the […]
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Yoel Romero explains why he wants to fight Anderson Silva
Fearsome UFC middleweight contender Yoel Romero has made several callouts of UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva in the past, and apparently, it’s still a fight he’s interested in — especially now that his planned 2019 matchup with the undefeated Paulo Costa is off the table. The appeal of this fight with Anderson Silva, Yoel Romero […]
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Yoel Romero hoping to fight Anderson Silva at UFC Brooklyn
After the UFC attempted once again to set up Yoel Romero vs Paulo Costa, it fell through and now Romero wants to face Anderson “The Spider” Silva. According to ESPN’s Ariel Helwani, the UFC was planning to book Romero vs Costa as the main event of the UFC’s first event on ESPN+ which will take […]
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Yoel Romero responds to Luke Rockhold’s call for light heavyweight rematch
Over the weekend, former UFC middleweight champion Luke Rockhold announced that he’d like to fight long-time middleweight contender Yoel Romero again in the future — at light heavyweight. To remind, Rockhold and Romero fought earlier this year. In this first meeting, Romero won by knockout. Unfortunately, Romero missed weight for this bout, which made it […]
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Luke Rockhold eyes light heavyweight rematch with “cheap” Yoel Romero
Luke Rockhold needs to take care of business on Nov. 3 in his rematch against Chris Weidman at UFC 230, but he already has his sights set on another former foe. Rockhold told TMZ Sports that he’s open to a rematch against Yoel Romero, the man who defeated him back February at UFC 222 by third-round […]