Yoel Romero

MiddleweightPower Puncher
9 - 4

13 UFC Fights | 69% Win Rate | 7 Finishes (78%)

Height
6' 0"
Reach
73"
Weight
185 lbs.
Age
49
Southpaw

Yoel Romero UFC Record & Pro MMA Record

Yoel Romero is 9-4 in the UFC across 13 fights, with 7 wins by knockout and 2 by decision. The full pro MMA record is 17-7, 8-3 of it outside the UFC. Romero competes at middleweight as a southpaw power puncher, standing 6'0" with a 73" reach at 49 years old. The last bout was a win over Alex Nicholson by knockout in May 2026.

Best attribute: knockdown power (knockdowns scored per fight) — 98th percentile among 238 middleweight fighters (0.77/fight).

Yoel Romero's UFC win rate is 69% (9 of 13 fights), and 78% of those wins came by finish. Romero averages 1.6 takedowns per fight at 33% accuracy and stops 81% of opponents' takedown attempts.

Pro MMA Record
17-7
UFC Record
9-4
Height
6'0"
Reach
73"
Age
49
Stance
Southpaw
Last Fight
W vs Alex Nicholson · TKO (Submission to Punches) · May 2026

Pro record from Sherdog (snapshot 2026-07-03) plus every UFC bout since; UFC record from UFCStats.

Yoel Romero's Last 5 Fights

Romero is 1-4 in the last five UFC fights.

  1. Loss vs Israel Adesanya · Decision · R5 5:00 · UFC 248: Adesanya vs. Romero · Mar 2020
  2. Loss vs Paulo Costa · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC 241: Cormier vs. Miocic 2 · Aug 2019
  3. Loss vs Robert Whittaker · Decision · R5 5:00 · UFC 225: Whittaker vs. Romero 2 · Jun 2018
  4. Win vs Luke Rockhold · KO/TKO · R3 1:48 · UFC 221: Romero vs. Rockhold · Feb 2018
  5. Loss vs Robert Whittaker · Decision · R5 5:00 · UFC 213: Romero vs. Whittaker · Jul 2017

Striking

Fighter Profile

Offensive Output

Sig. Strikes / Min
3.5
Accuracy
49%
Knockdowns / Fight
0.77

Defensive

Absorbed / Min
3.1
0.9x avg
Strike Differential
+0.4
Opp. Accuracy Against
39%
hard to hit

Strike Targets

Position Breakdown

Grappling

Takedowns & Control

Takedowns / Fight
1.6
Takedown Accuracy
33%
Takedown Defense
81%
Control Time / Fight
1:53
Sub Attempts / Fight
0.0

Win Methods

Finish Probability by Round

R1
8% KO
0% Sub
R2
0% KO
0% Sub
R3+
46% KO
0% Sub

Round-by-Round Output

Sig. Strikes Landed per Round — Yoel Romero vs Average

Yoel Romero lands 13.8 strikes in R1 but 17.4 in R3+ — output increases in later rounds.

Yoel Romero's UFC Fight History

13 UFC fights on record (9-4), most recent first.

ResultOpponentMethodRd · TimeEventDate
L★Israel AdesanyaDecisionR5 · 5:00UFC 248: Adesanya vs. Romero2020-03-07
LPaulo CostaDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 241: Cormier vs. Miocic 22019-08-17
LRobert WhittakerDecisionR5 · 5:00UFC 225: Whittaker vs. Romero 22018-06-09
WLuke RockholdKO/TKOR3 · 1:48UFC 221: Romero vs. Rockhold2018-02-10
L★Robert WhittakerDecisionR5 · 5:00UFC 213: Romero vs. Whittaker2017-07-08
WChris WeidmanKO/TKOR3 · 0:24UFC 205: Alvarez vs McGregor2016-11-12
WJacare SouzaDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 194: Aldo vs McGregor2015-12-12
WLyoto MachidaKO/TKOR3 · 1:38UFC Fight Night: Machida vs Romero2015-06-27
WTim KennedyKO/TKOR3 · 0:58UFC 178: Johnson vs Cariaso2014-09-27
WBrad TavaresDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC on FOX: Werdum vs Browne2014-04-19
WDerek BrunsonKO/TKOR3 · 3:23UFC Fight Night: Rockhold vs Philippou2014-01-15
WRonny MarkesKO/TKOR3 · 1:39UFC Fight Night: Fight for the Troops 32013-11-06
WClifford StarksKO/TKOR1 · 1:32UFC on FOX: Henderson vs Melendez2013-04-20

How Romero Ranks at Middleweight

Percentile among the 238 middleweight fighters in our database (higher is better; absorbed strikes are inverted).

Striking volume3.5 sig. strikes/min
63rd percentile
Striking accuracy49%
63rd percentile
Strikes absorbed3.1/min
51st percentile
Takedowns1.6/fight
82nd percentile
Takedown defense81%
85th percentile
Knockdown power0.77/fight
98th percentile

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