Romero vs Davis

Who won Romero vs Davis?

Phil Davis beat Yoel Romero by split decision in their 3 round contest during the main event of Bellator 266, on Saturday 18th September 2021 at SAP Center in San Jose.

The scorecards were announced as 30-27, 29-28, 30-26 in favor of the winner Phil Davis.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Light Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 205 pounds (14.6 stone or 93 KG).

Romero vs Davis stats

Yoel Romero stepped into the octagon with a record of 13 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 11 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Phil Davis made his way to the cage with a record of 22 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by knock out and 5 by submission.

Yoel Romero's Bellator record stood at 3-2-0, while Phil Davis' came in at 11-4-0.

The stats suggested Romero had a massive power advantage over Davis, boasting a 85% knock out percentage over Davis' 27%.

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

Yoel Romero was the older man by 7 years, at 46 years old.

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

Romero was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 9 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2009, 1 year and 2 months later than Davis, whose first professional fight was in 2008. He had fought 19 less professional rounds, 68 to Davis' 87.

Romero vs Davis form

Yoel Romero had stopped 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Paulo Costa at UFC 241 on 17th August 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Honda Center, Anaheim, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Robert Whittaker at UFC 225 on 9th June 2018 by split decision in their 5 round contest at United Center, Chicago.

Going into that contest, he had won against Luke Rockhold at UFC 221 on 10th February 2018 by knockout in the 3rd round at Perth Arena, Perth, Australia.

Before that, he had been defeated by Robert Whittaker at UFC 213 on 8th July 2017 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

He had beaten Chris Weidman at UFC 205 on 12th November 2016 by knockout in the 3rd round at Madison Square Garden, New York.

Davis had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Vadim Nemkov at Bellator 257 on 16th April 2021 by unanimous decision in their Bellator Light Heavyweight championship fight at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, United States.

Previous to that, he had defeated Lyoto Machida at Bellator 245 on 11th September 2020 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Going into that contest, he was victorious against Karl Albrektsson at Bellator 231 on 25th October 2019 by knockout in the 3rd round at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Before that, he had won against Liam McGeary at Bellator 220 on 27th April 2019 by knockout in the 3rd round at SAP Center, San Jose.

He had been beaten by Vadim Nemkov at Bellator 209 on 15th November 2018 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Menora Mivtachim, Tel Aviv, Israel.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Phil Davis had been fighting more than Yoel Romero.

Going to this contest, Yoel Romero had last fought 4 years, 8 months and 9 days ago, while Phil Davis' last outing had been 3 years and 10 days ago.

Romero's last 5 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 5 months and 14 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 5 months and 28 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 19 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.8 rounds on average.

Davis' last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 5 months and 11 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 1 day. In those fights, he fought a total of 17 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.4 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Romero vs Davis?

Sorry, we couldn’t find any historical odds for Romero vs Davis.