Yoel Romero is known as a Cuban mixed martial artist and former freestyle wrestler. He is most famous for fighting in the Ultimate Fighting Championship and being an Olympic silver medalist.
Yoel Romero Palacio was born on April 30, 1977 in Pinar del Río, Cuba. He originated from a family that is all around grounded in wrestling and fighting. His more youthful sibling named Yoan Pablo Hernandez is additionally a celebrated kick-fighter who has won the IBF Cruiserweight title.
Showing up in the UFC in April 2013, Romero won his first battle against Clifford Starks by knockout in the first round. He likewise did the same in his second battle against Ronny Markes in December 2013. The next year, he had three battles against Derek Brunson, Brad Tavares, and Tim Kennedy which he won every one of them by absolute knockouts.
In 2015, Yoel Romero secured triumph in two matches against Lyoto Machida and Ronaldo Souza. He had only one battle in 2016 against Chris Weidman and Yoel knocked out Chris to rise triumphant. In the wake of being undefeated in nine bouts in the UFC, Romero had his first misfortune in 2017 against Robert Whittaker. He lost the fight by decision. In February 2018, Romero won his first session against Luke Rockhold with a record of 13 – 2 and later in June of the same year, he battled again against Robert Whittaker but he lost by split decision.
In August 2019 at UFC 241, after a long layoff because of a drug test controversy, Yoel made his comeback to the UFC in a bout against Paulo Costa. After three rounds, the decision victory went to Costa which caused the fans in Anaheim, California to flood the arena with loud boos. The fans felt that Yoel won the fight without question. It was a close bout and the fans were angry when the fan favorite Yoel, ended up losing. When Costa took the mic to give his post fight interview, he had to wait a few minutes for the crowd to quiet down before he could speak.
Romero has a great family and he is a father of three astounding children. He doesn't speak much about his family but his better half and children are living in Cuba. The warrior left them there while he left looking for to create a more profitable condition for his career. Romero has plans of bringing his family over to the United States as soon as he can.
| Birth Date: | 30 Apr, 1977 |
| Age: | 43 yrs |
| Occupations: | Amateur wrestler Mixed martial artist |
| Citizenship: | Cuba |
| Birth Place: | Cuba |
| residence: | Miami |
| Gender: | Male |
| Description: | Cuban mixed martial artist and freestyle wrestler |
| Net Worth 2021: | 10 million |
