Yoel Romero

ABOUT YOEL ROMERO

MMA fighter and former wrestler who made his fighting debut in December 2009. He won Fight of the Night three times during the UFC Championships. His fighting fame has led him to amass over 140,000 followers on X.

He medaled in five wrestling world championships, attaining gold in 1999. He also won silver in the 2000 Olympics for freestyle wrestling.

He was trained by Sergej Kuftin and Zike Simic in Germany before fighting MMA. He has over 1.2 million followers on his yoelromeromma Instagram account.

He has a younger brother named Yoan Pablo Hernández who is a Cruiserweight Champion in professional boxing.

He faced Robert Whittaker for the Interim Middleweight Champ in July 2017.