Romero vs Weidman

Who won Romero vs Weidman?

Yoel Romero beat Chris Weidman by knockout in the 3rd round during the main card of UFC 205, on Saturday 12th November 2016 at Madison Square Garden in New York.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Middleweight division, which meant the weight limit was 185 pounds (13.2 stone or 83.9 KG).

Romero vs Weidman stats

Yoel Romero stepped into the octagon with a record of 11 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Chris Weidman made his way to the cage with a record of 13 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

Chris Weidman marked his 20th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2011.

Yoel Romero's UFC record stood at 9-4-0, while Chris Weidman's came in at 12-8-0.

The stats suggested Romero had a massive power advantage over Weidman, boasting a 82% knock out percentage over Weidman's 46%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Weidman had a large advantage over Romero, boasting a 23% submission rate over Romero's 0%.

Yoel Romero was the older man by 8 years, at 48 years old.

Weidman had a height advantage of 2 inches over Romero. That also extended to a 4-inch reach advantage.

Romero's experience as a professional fighter was relatively equal to Weidman's, having had 2 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2009, 10 months later than Weidman, whose first professional fight was in 2009. He had fought 14 more professional rounds, 68 to Weidman's 54.

Romero vs Weidman form

Yoel Romero had stopped 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Vadim Nemkov at Bellator 297 on 16th June 2023 by unanimous decision in their Bellator Light Heavyweight championship fight at Wintrust Arena, Chicago, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Melvin Manhoef at Bellator 285 on 23rd September 2022 by knockout in the 3rd round at 3Arena Dublin, Dublin, United Kingdom.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Alex Polizzi at Bellator 280 on 6th May 2022 by knockout in the 3rd round at Accor Arena, Paris, .

Before that, he had been beaten by Phil Davis at Bellator 266 on 18th September 2021 by split decision in their 3 round contest at SAP Center, San Jose, United States.

He had been defeated by Israel Adesanya at UFC 248 on 7th March 2020 by unanimous decision in their UFC Middleweight championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Chris Weidman had beaten 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Uriah Hall at UFC 261 on 24th April 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville, United States.

Previous to that, he had defeated Omari Akhmedov at UFC Vegas 6 on 8th August 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Dominick Reyes at UFC on ESPN 6 on 18th October 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at TD Garden, Boston.

Before that, he had been defeated by Ronaldo Souza at UFC 230 on 3rd November 2018 by knockout in the 3rd round at Madison Square Garden, New York City.

He had lost to Gegard Mousasi at UFC 210 on 8th April 2017 by knockout in the 2nd round at KeyBank Center, Buffalo.

Activity check

In of activity leading into the fight, Yoel Romero had been fighting more than Chris Weidman.

Going to this contest, Yoel Romero had last fought 1 year, 11 months and 23 days ago, while Chris Weidman's last outing had been 4 years, 1 month and 15 days ago.

Romero's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 3 months and 1 day, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 18 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 19 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.8 rounds on average.

Weidman's last 5 fights had come over a period of 8 years and 2 months, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 7 months and 19 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

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