{"id":343121,"date":"2020-03-03T21:20:49","date_gmt":"2020-03-04T05:20:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=343121"},"modified":"2022-02-04T17:11:43","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T01:11:43","slug":"yoel-romero-explains-why-he-wont-move-up-to-light-heavyweight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc-248\/yoel-romero-explains-why-he-wont-move-up-to-light-heavyweight\/","title":{"rendered":"Yoel Romero explains why he won&#8217;t move up to light heavyweight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yoel Romero will return to the Octagon at this weekend&#8217;s UFC 248 event in hopes of dethroning current middleweight champion Israel Adesanya.<\/p>\n<p>The title fight has received much criticism, this due to the fact that Romero is coming off back-to-back losses to Robert Whittaker and Paulo Costa.<\/p>\n<p>Nonetheless, this is the fight Israel Adesanya wanted, as he believes a win over &#8216;The Soldier of God&#8217; is crucial for his middleweight <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/yoel-romero\/israel-adesanya-explains-why-he-doesnt-fear-boogeyman-yoel-romero\/\">legacy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_312082\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-312082\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-312082\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/Israel-Adesanya-Yoel-Romero-1.jpg\" alt=\"Israel-Adesanya-Yoel-Romero\" width=\"696\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/Israel-Adesanya-Yoel-Romero-1.jpg 696w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/Israel-Adesanya-Yoel-Romero-1-300x172.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-312082\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">PhotoCred: YouTube \/ MMA Fighting<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Yoel Romero is no stranger to title shots, the Cuban standout has received three opportunities in the past with the promotion. With that said, Romero missed weight in two of those three title shots, causing him to miss out on interim middleweight gold when he knocked out Luke Rockhold at UFC 221.<\/p>\n<p>Although he has had his struggles making the middleweight title fight limit of 185-pounds in the past, Yoel Romero has never opted to move back up to light heavyweight where he started his professional MMA career.<\/p>\n<p>Romero explained that decision in a recent Media Day interview:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I\u2019m training, I go down (in weight), and when I\u2019m training, normally when I have a good training, (I weigh a) maximum 210 (pounds),\u201d Romero said via <a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/2020\/03\/yoel-romero-wont-fight-light-heavyweight-ufc-248-video\">MMAJunkie<\/a>. \u201cIt\u2019s not possible. When I\u2019m not training, boom \u2013 yeah, heavyweight. But when I\u2019m training \u2013 210, 208, 210, 208. It\u2019s not possible for me. It\u2019s not possible because I\u2019m training good. I have respect for my job. When I\u2019m training, I know what I need to do for good training.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Yoel Romero continued:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you don\u2019t sleep good, and when (you\u2019re not eating healthy), something wrong happens: mistake. \u2026 When I have a good training, it\u2019s not possible to go up. The (potential opponents) are so heavy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Do you think Yoel Romero will finally be able to capture UFC gold when he takes on Israel Adesanya at UFC 248 this weekend? Sound off in the comments section PENN Nation!<\/p>\n<p>This article first appeared on BJPENN.com March 3, 2020<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yoel Romero will return to the Octagon at this weekend&#8217;s UFC 248 event in hopes of dethroning current middleweight champion Israel Adesanya. 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