Yoel Romero
| Yoel Romero | |
|---|---|
| Data | |
| Fight name | Soldier of God |
| size | 178 cm |
| Weight | 84 kg |
| nationality | Cubans |
| Date of birth | April 30, 1977 |
| Fight out | Coconut Creek , USA |
| place of birth | Pinar del Río , Cuba |
| team | American top team |
| Fighting style | Wrestling & Kickboxing |
| MMA statistics | |
| Victories | 13 |
| Knockout | 11 |
| Points | 2 |
| Defeats | 2 |
| Knockout | 1 |
| Points | 1 |
Yoel Romero Palacio (born April 30, 1977 in Pinar del Río ) is a Cuban MMA fighter and former wrestler . He became world champion in 1999 and won a silver medal in free style in the middleweight division at the 2000 Olympic Games . Since 2013 he has been fighting in the Ultimate Fighting Championship , the largest MMA organization in the world.
Wrestling
Yoel Romero comes from a large family. He has five brothers who all play sports like him, including former professional boxer Yoan Pablo Hernández . He decided to wrestle himself and started doing this sport in 1989. After the first major successes in the national field, he was delegated to the top club Cerro Pelado Havana and trained there by Filiberto Delgado. He only wrestles in free style. In addition to wrestling, he completed training as a coach in Havana. In his career he always wrestled in the middleweight division (up to 2001 up to 85 kg, from 2002 up to 84 kg body weight).
Romero had his first appearance at an international wrestling championship at the Junior World Championship (Juniors) in Helsinki in 1997 . He took second place in the class up to 83 kg body weight behind the Iranian Feridon Ghanbaripisar . In the same year he was used at the Senior World Championships in Krasnoyarsk . He lost there after winning two fights against Eldar Assanow from Ukraine and Soslan Frajew from Russia , but was able to defeat Mogamed Ibragimov from Azerbaijan in the fight for 5th place .
In 1998 he won his first title at a Pan American Championship in Winnipeg. He defeated Dean Morrison from the United States in the final. In the same year he also won his first medal at a senior world championship at the world championships in Tehran . After losing to Alireza Heidari from Iran in the semifinals , he defeated Chadschimurad Magomedow from Russia just 3-2 in the battle for the bronze medal . Points.
At the Pan American Games in Winnipeg in 1999 he surprisingly had to admit defeat to Leslie Gutches from the United States and finished in 3rd place in the end result. Instead, he celebrated the greatest success of his career at the subsequent World Cup in Ankara . He became the new world champion there with six wins . On the way to this success he defeated u. a. Andre Backhaus from Germany , who did very well in his 4-8 point defeat against Romero. In the final battle, Yoel Romero again defeated Chadschimurad Magomedow .
At the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney , Yoel Romero fought his way to the final with four wins. There he met Adam Saitijew from Russia , who was in the shape of his life and gave him no chance. Adam Saitijew's point win fell 7-1 technically. Points out quite clearly. Yoel Romero won the silver medal after all .
After Sydney, Romero's successful career continued unabated, even if he could no longer win a title at World Championships and Olympic Games.
At the Pan-American Championships and Games he celebrated 2001, ahead of Andy Hrovat , USA, 2002, ahead of Brandon Eggum , USA, 2003, ahead of Carl Rainville, Canada and Cael Sanderson , USA, 2004, ahead of Thomas David Rowlands , USA and 2007 Jesus Gonzales, Venezuela superior victories.
At the World Championships in 2001 he came in 3rd place after a semi-final defeat against Chadschimurad Magomedov . In 2002 he became vice world champion in Tehran , where he delivered a tough fight in the final Adam Saitijew and only 3: 4 techn. Lost points. In 2003 was not in good shape and lost to Mogamed Ibragimov , the Azerbaijani who meanwhile competed for Macedonia and Saschid Saschidow from Russia.
At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens , Romero u. a. David Bichinaschwili from Germany. In the semifinals he was defeated by the American Cael Sanderson just 2: 3 techn. Points and then lost the battle for the bronze medal against Saschid Saschidow with 3: 5 techn. Points.
He played his last world championship in 2005 in Budapest . After four wins, he beat u. a. Soslan Gaziew from Belarus and Taras Danko from Ukraine, he met Revas Mindorashvili from Georgia in the final . He lost this fight high with 1: 7 techn. Points. After this fight he was accused by the Cuban Wrestling Association that he had not shown the full will to win, even that he had lost voluntarily. He was then also banned from international competitions for 2006.
In 2007 he was back in a Cuban wrestling team that made a competition and training tour through Europe . He withdrew from the Cuban team and applied for political asylum in Germany. His brother Yoan Pablo Hernández also worked as a professional boxer in Germany.
Until 2011 Romero lived in Bavaria and trained the wrestlers of SV Johannis Nürnberg . He also started for this team in the 1st German Bundesliga .
MMA
At the same time, he started a career in mixed martial arts in 2008 and trained for the next three years Combat Sambo , MMA and Kickboxing with Sergej Kuftin (Combat Sambo & MMA) and Zike Simic (Kickboxing), both of "Modern Karate Center Althof" in Nuremberg. He learned punch and lever techniques, stranglehold, MMA fighting tactics and was able to manage his change from freestyle wrestling to MMA. With TKO victories against the Austrian MMA champion Sascha Weinpolter and Poland's MMA top division team Michal Fijalka, he was able to assert himself successfully in this sport. Romero achieved his third MMA victory in the fight against Nikita Petrovs from Lithuania in the first round by giving up.
On September 10, 2011 Romero made his US debut with the popular organization Strikeforce against Rafael Cavalcante , but lost in the second round by knockout, which was his first and for a long time only defeat in this sport. In 2013 Romero, now part of the famous American Top Team , switched to the Ultimate Fighting Championship and won eight fights in a row, six of them by knockout, against high-profile opponents such as Tim Kennedy , Lyoto Machida , Ronaldo Souza and Chris Weidman . As a reward for his success, Romero was allowed to fight Robert Whittaker for the UFC interim middleweight title at UFC 213 on July 8, 2017, but lost unanimously on points and thus for the first time in almost six years an MMA fight.
International success
| year | space | competition | Weight class | |
| 1997 | 3. | World Cup in Stillwater , Oklahoma | medium | behind Kevin A. Jackson , USA a . Andre Backhaus , Germany , before Mahmud Agajew , Russia |
| 1997 | 2. | Junior World Championships (Juniors) in Helsinki | up to 83 kg body weight | behind Feridon Ghanbaripisar , Iran , in front of Taskin Oezkale , Turkey a . Taras Danko , Ukraine |
| 1997 | 5. | World Cup in Krasnoyarsk | medium | with victories over Gari Modosjan, Macedonia a . Igors Samusonoks, Latvia , defeats against Eldar Assanow , Ukraine a. Soslan Frajew , Russia a. a victory over Mogamed Ibragimov , Azerbaijan |
| 1998 | 1. | Pan American Championship in Winnipeg | medium | before Dean Morrison, USA a. Justin Abdou, Canada |
| 1998 | 1. | World Cup in Stillwater , Oklahoma | medium | in front of Aleksei Krupnjakow , Kyrgyzstan, Leslie Gutches , USA, Alireza Heidari , Iran a. Andre Backhaus |
| 1998 | 3. | World Cup in Tehran | medium | with victories over Plamen Paskalew, Bulgaria a . Gabor Kapuvari, Hungary , a loss to Alireza Heidari u. Victories over Michel Seweryn Stanislawski, Poland a . Khadzhimurad Magomedov , Russia |
| 1999 | 2. | World Cup in Spokane | medium | behind Leslie Gutches, USA, in front of Feridon Ghanbaripisar, Hans Gstöttner u. Andre Backhaus, bde. Germany |
| 1999 | 3. | Pan American Games in Winnipeg | medium | behind Leslie Gutches and Gary Holmes, Canada |
| 1999 | 1. | World Cup in Ankara | medium | with victories over Abbas Majidi , Iran, Andre Backhaus , Witali Gisojew, Azerbaijan, Magomed Kuruglijew , Kazakhstan, Ali Oezen , Turkey and others. Khadzhimurad Magomedov |
| 2000 | 1. | World Cup in Fairfax | medium | before Leslie Gutches , Mehdi Saradjilov, Iran, Saschid Saschidow , Russia a. Taras Danko |
| 2000 | silver | OS in Sydney | medium | with victories over Magomed Kurugliejew, Igor Samusonoks, Justin Abdou, Amir Reza Khadem , Iran a. a loss to Adam Saitijew , Russia |
| 2001 | 1. | Pan American Championship in Santo Domingo | medium | before Andy Hrovat , USA a. Gonzalo Gaston Pelaez, Argentina |
| 2001 | 3. | World Cup in Sofia | medium | with victories over Mahmud Agajew, Armenia , Marcin Jurecki, Poland a. Andre Backhaus, a defeat against Chadschimurad Magomedow a. a victory over Beibulat Musayev, Belarus |
| 2002 | 1. | Pan American Championship in Maracaibo | medium | before Brandon Eggum , USA a. Nicholas Ugoalah , Canada |
| 2002 | 2. | World Cup in Tehran | medium | with victories over Gabor Kapuvari, Katsutoshi Senba, Japan , Rewas Mindoraschwili , Georgia a . Majid Khodaee , Iran a. a loss to Adam Saitijew |
| 2003 | 1. | Pan American Games in Santo Domingo | medium | before Carl Rainville, Canada a. Cael Sanderson , USA |
| 2003 | 6th | World Cup in New York | medium | with victories over Marcin Jurecki u. Thomas Bucheli , Switzerland a . Defeats against Mogamed Ibragimov, Macedonia a. Saschid Saschidow |
| 2004 | 1. | Canada Cup in Guelph | medium | before Pejman Dorostkar , Iran a. Greg Parker, USA |
| 2004 | 2. | World Cup in Baku | medium | behind Nicholas Ugoalah u. in front of Vugar Gurbanow, Azerbaijan a . Taimuras Kochiev, Russia |
| 2004 | 1. | Pan American Championship in Guatemala City | medium | before Thomas Rowlands , USA a. Luis F. Vivenes, Venezuela |
| 2004 | 4th | OS in Athens | medium | with victories over Jeffrey Cobb , GUM, David Bichinaschwili , Germany a. Lazaro Loizidis , Greece a . Defeats to Cael Sanderson u. Saschid Saschidow |
| 2005 | 1. | Cerro Pelado International in Havana | medium | before Roilandi Zuniga Herrera, Cuba, Georgi Ketojew , Russia a. Travis Cross, Canada |
| 2005 | 1. | World Cup in Tashkent | medium | before Georgi Ketojew, Russia a. Feridon Ghanbaripisar |
| 2005 | 1. | Buratio Cup in Ulan-Ude | medium | in front of Zargalseichan Chulunbaat, Mongolia, Bator Chirenow, Russia a. Soslan Gaziev |
| 2005 | 1. | "Shamil Umakhanov" memorial in Khassavyurt | medium | before Arslanbek Aliew, Russia, Shamil Aliew, Tajikistan u. Zaur Temirzanow, Russia |
| 2005 | 2. | World Cup in Budapest | medium | with victories over Abraham Vasallo, Malta , Radoslaw Horbik , Poland, Soslan Gaziew u. Taras Danko et al. a loss to Revas Mindorashvili |
| 2007 | 1. | Pan American Games in San Salvador | medium | before Jesus Gonzales, Venezuela u. Richard Ramos, Dominican Republic |
| 2007 | 1. | Grand Prix of Germany in Leipzig | medium | before Soslan Gaziew, Lukasz Wiechna, Poland, David Bichinaschwili u. Sergei Borchanka , Belarus |
Note: all competitions in free style, OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, middleweight, up to 84 kg body weight
swell
- Database of the Institute for Applied Training Sciences at the University of Leipzig,
- Trade journal Der Ringer ,
- US and Russian Wrestling Federation websites
Web links
- Profile of Yoel Romero at the Institute for Applied Training Science
- Brigitte Laske: Wrestling: A world star on the mat. In: Augsburger Allgemeine . February 12, 2011, accessed November 13, 2013 .
- Yoel Romero's fighter profile on Sherdog.com
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Romero, Yoel |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Romero Palacio, Yoel (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | cuban wrestler |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 30, 1977 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pinar del Río |