{"id":113665,"date":"2014-09-27T09:07:52","date_gmt":"2014-09-27T16:07:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/?p=113665"},"modified":"2022-02-04T20:24:09","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T04:24:09","slug":"romero-overlooked-wrestling-for-judo-as-a-kid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/romero-overlooked-wrestling-for-judo-as-a-kid\/","title":{"rendered":"Romero Overlooked Wrestling For Judo As A Kid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Yoel-Romero-Wins-PNG.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Yoel-Romero-Wins-PNG.png\" alt=\"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>Olympic wrestling silver medalist Yoel Romero admitted that as a child, he wanted to do Judo because he liked the uniform better.  The uniform he&#8217;s talking about is the Gi, as opposed to the wrestling singlet.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of his bout against Tim Kennedy tonight at UFC 178 he spoke to <a href=\"http:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2014\/09\/as-a-kid-ufc-178s-yoel-romero-ran-away-from-wrestling-wanted-judo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAjunkie Radio<\/a> about growing up in Cuba, as well as his background in wrestling.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI wanted judo because I saw a lot of movies, like karate movies.  They had kimonos, and that\u2019s what I wanted. When they said wrestling, I said no \u2013 they don\u2019t have kimonos.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut then the coach said, \u2018You have the physique for wrestling, so believe me, wrestling is similar to judo. Do you want to see?\u2019 I tried it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve always had curiosity, and I\u2019ve got friends on the Cuban judo national team, and so I\u2019ll go back and put on the kimono and even put on boxing gloves with my friends, but after I found wrestling, I fell in love, and that\u2019s always been my first love.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Olympic wrestling silver medalist Yoel Romero admitted that as a child, he wanted to do Judo because he liked the uniform better. The uniform he&#8217;s talking about is the Gi, as opposed to the wrestling singlet. 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