{"id":370097,"date":"2020-12-04T18:04:55","date_gmt":"2020-12-05T02:04:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=370097"},"modified":"2020-12-04T18:04:55","modified_gmt":"2020-12-05T02:04:55","slug":"ufc-parts-ways-with-yoel-romero","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/ufc-parts-ways-with-yoel-romero\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC parts ways with Yoel Romero"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yoel Romero is no longer a UFC fighter.<\/p>\n<p>According to ESPN&#8217;s Ariel Helwani, the Las Vegas-based promotion has decided to part ways with former title challenger, Yoel Romero.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Yoel Romero&#39;s UFC run has come to an unexpected end.<\/p>\n<p>Romero and the promotion have parted ways, multiple sources told ESPN. Romero&#39;s manager Malki Kawa also confirmed he is no longer under contract with the UFC.<\/p>\n<p>According to sources, Romero had three fights left on his deal.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/arielhelwani\/status\/1335039384626860032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 5, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"css-1dbjc4n\">\n<div class=\"css-1dbjc4n r-156q2ks\">\n<div id=\"tweet-text\" class=\"css-901oao r-18jsvk2 r-1qd0xha r-1blvdjr r-16dba41 r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-bnwqim r-qvutc0\" dir=\"auto\" lang=\"en\">\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">&#8216;Yoel Romero&#8217;s UFC run has come to an unexpected end. Romero and the promotion have parted ways, multiple sources told ESPN. Romero&#8217;s manager Malki Kawa also confirmed he is no longer under contract with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ufc.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">UFC<\/a>. According to sources, Romero had three fights left on his deal,&#8221; Helwani reports.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Yoel Romero has not fought since he suffered a decision loss to Israel Adesanya at UFC 248 for the middleweight title. However, both men rarely engaged and left the crowd booing. Before the loss to Adesanya, Romero suffered back-to-back controversial decision losses to Paulo Costa and Robert Whittaker.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The 43-year-old Cuban is just 1-4 in his last five but has been fighting the elite of the middleweight division. Yoel Romero <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/yoel-romero\/report-yoel-romero-out-of-fight-against-uriah-hall\/\">was expected to fight Uriah Hall in August but he was forced out of that fight due to undisclosed reasons<\/a>. Since then, many hinted that he would be moving up to light heavyweight but that will not be the case anymore.<\/p>\n<p>This is no doubt a very surprising move by the UFC. Yoel Romero, despite being 43 is still among the top middleweights in the world and is a big name in the sport. He also has beaten the likes of Luke Rockhold, Chris Weidman, Jacare Souza, Derek Brunson, and Brad Tavares among others in his career.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Now that Romero is a free agent, Bellator immediately sticks out as the landing spot for the Cuban. Romero would be a welcomed addition to the promotion and could very well fight Gegard Mousasi for the belt right away. Or, <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/boxing-news\/jorge-masvidal-suggests-jake-paul-should-fight-yoel-romero-following-his-recent-comments\/\">perhaps he boxes Jake Paul which Jorge Masvidal suggested earlier today<\/a>. Regardless, Romero will no doubt have options now that he is a free agent.<\/p>\n<p>Where do you think Yoel Romero will sign?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yoel Romero is no longer a UFC fighter. According to ESPN&#8217;s Ariel Helwani, the Las Vegas-based promotion has decided to part ways with former title challenger, Yoel Romero. Yoel Romero&#39;s UFC run has come to an unexpected end. Romero and the promotion have parted ways, multiple sources told ESPN. 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