Yoel Romero

“Soldier of God”

CubaMiddleweightActiveage 49

13-5

72% win rate

L3 streak

2018-02-10 → 2018-02-10

48held 3 bouts

Bouts at peak

Retired at career peak

Career timeline

Each dot is a fight — green wins, red losses, larger dots are title fights. Hover for details, click to open the bout.

9 wins4 losseslast 5: L L L W Ldrag to scroll · 1993–2020

Six attributes derived from striking, grappling, and finishing rates.

Significant strikes by target zone, aggregated across all UFC rounds.

Average values per round across the selected fights — toggle metrics below.

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Metrics

Metric	R1(13)	R2(12)	R3(12)	R4(3)	R5(3)
Sig Str landed	15.9	14.6	38.5	11.0	19.3
Sig Str absorbed	12.1	14.7	17.4	21.3	19.0
Takedowns landed	0.54	0.58	0.59	0.33	0.33
Takedowns absorbed	0.38	0.08	0.08	0.00	0.00
Control time	0:27	0:48	0:51	0:21	0:43

Career UFC bouts in reverse chronological order.

Recent MMA headlines that mention this fighter.

MMA FightingOct 1, 2026
Israel Adesanya has reflected candidly on his UFC 248 middleweight title defense against Yoel Romero, acknowledging it as one of the most forgettable contests in company history—a stark contrast to…
MMA FightingSep 26, 2026
Darren Till secured a unanimous decision victory over Yoel Romero in the BKFC 94 main event on Saturday, improving to 2-0 in bare-knuckle competition despite being bloodied during the bout.

Closest stylistic matches by inverse-Euclidean similarity over striking and grappling rates.