{"id":105774,"date":"2014-07-21T10:10:22","date_gmt":"2014-07-21T17:10:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=105774"},"modified":"2022-02-06T09:50:47","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T17:50:47","slug":"tim-kennedy-believes-yoel-romero-is-better-than-vitor-belfort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/tim-kennedy-believes-yoel-romero-is-better-than-vitor-belfort\/","title":{"rendered":"Tim Kennedy Takes Shots At Belfort, Believes Yoel Romero Is Better"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufc-on-fox-11-results-romero-rag-dolls-tavares-wrestles-his-way-to-victory\/yoel-romero-wins-png\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-94241\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Yoel-Romero-Wins-PNG.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"Yoel Romero Wins PNG\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-94241\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Yoel-Romero-Wins-PNG.png 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Yoel-Romero-Wins-PNG-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Yoel-Romero-Wins-PNG-361x250.png 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>UFC middleweight Tim Kennedy spoke to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=p0QfT9XljSY&#038;feature=youtu.be\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Submission Radio<\/a> about his upcoming fight with Yoel Romero, and how despite his desire to fight Vitor Belfort, he is content with fighter Romero, who he believes is a better fighter than Belfort.<\/p>\n<p>It is worth noting that Romero is a Olympic silver medalist, placing second in the 2000 Olympics in wrestling, and he has posted seven knockouts in eight wins, including a 4-0 UFC record.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;I wanted Vito Belfort. Well, I wanted a clean Vitor Belfort. Apparently that wasn&#8217;t possible. So Yoel is really good. He&#8217;s very talented. You know I actually think he&#8217;s better than Vitor Belfort and he poses a lot of problems. He&#8217;s not a big name. He only has four fights with the UFC, he&#8217;s 4-0, he&#8217;s a very, very, very talented athlete, and he&#8217;s a very good fighter. So Joe Silva asked me to fight him, and you know I&#8217;m not a big fish, I only have three fights in the UFC, I can&#8217;t say no. So if he says &#8216;Hey, this is the guy I want you to fight&#8217;, my response is &#8216;Cool, let&#8217;s do it&#8217;.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>What do you think PENNation? Is Yoel Romero a better fighter than Vitor Belfort? 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