A key middleweight bout between Yoel Romero and Paulo Costa took place on the main card of tonight’s UFC 241 event in Anaheim.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
‘The Soldier of God’ has gone 9-2 since joining the UFC ranks in 2013, scoring knockout victories over Luke Rockhold<\/a>, Chris Weidman<\/a>, Lyoto Machida, Tim Kennedy, Derek Brunson, Ronny Markes and Clifford Starks during that stretch.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Paulo Costa (12-0 MMA) was looking to keep his impressive undefeated record in check tonight against Romero. ‘The Eraser’ was coming off a second round TKO victory over Uriah Hall in his most recent Octagon<\/a> appearance at UFC 226.<\/p>\n Costa had entered tonight’s contest 4-0 under the UFC banner, with all four of those wins coming by way of TKO.<\/p>\n Tonight’s highly anticipated middleweight bout delivered as Yoel Romero and Paulo Costa proceeded to go to war for fifteen straight minutes.<\/p>\n However, after Costa was awarded a unanimous decision victory from the judges in attendance, the arena was filled with boos from the crowd.<\/p>\n Check out how the pros reacted to tonight\u2019s Yoel Romero vs Paulo Costa fight below:<\/p>\n https:\/\/twitter.com\/posterboyjm\/status\/1162923700922068994?s=21<\/p>\n Here we go….. #UFC241<\/a><\/p>\n — Stephen Thompson (@WonderboyMMA) August 18, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n