{"id":209961,"date":"2016-11-12T09:02:55","date_gmt":"2016-11-12T17:02:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=209961"},"modified":"2017-02-14T10:26:26","modified_gmt":"2017-02-14T18:26:26","slug":"exclusive-yoel-romero-believes-two-champions-will-retain-their-belts-at-ufc-205","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/exclusive-interviews\/exclusive-yoel-romero-believes-two-champions-will-retain-their-belts-at-ufc-205\/","title":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE | Yoel Romero believes two champions will retain their belts at UFC 205"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tomorrow night, on the main card of UFC 205<\/a>\u00a0in New York, former Olympic wrestler Yoel Romero will take on former middleweight champion Chris Weidman<\/a>\u00a0in a highly anticipated middleweight bout. In advance of this pivotal showdown, the Cuban contender joined Chris Taylor<\/a> on BJPenn.com’s Rapid Fire <\/em>where he discussed a number of different topics including which champions he thought would retain their respective titles tomorrow night at Madison Square Garden.<\/p>\n

“I believe that Conor McGregor will become the first\u00a0fighter to carry two belts simultaneously in UFC history. I do believe that Tyron Woodley is going to successfully defend his title against Stephen Thompson. I think he will win this one for sure. As for Joanna. I believe she will continue to dominate that weight class for a long time to come.”<\/em><\/p>\n

As for his own UFC 205 fight with Chris Weidman, Romero had the following to say when Taylor asked him for a prediction.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am going with the plan that God has in place,” Romero said. “All I know is that God has a plan that is in place for what is going to happen on Saturday night. But, I told God if you want me to go to New York, then it is you that has to go before me. Because you\u2019re not going to embarrass your son. Because you are going to have your son be victorious. That\u2019s why I am here. Because I know that God will give me this victory. I don\u2019t know what area is the one that is going to make it happen. Whether it is jiu-jitsu, wrestling, kickboxing, Muay Thai, I don\u2019t know. The only thing I do know is that victory will be mine, because God is on my side.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Do you think Yoel Romero can defy the odds and take out Chris Weidman at UFC 205? Sound off, PENN Nation!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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