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.

Yoel Romero's UFC record stood at 9-4-0, while Chris Weidman's came in at 12-7-0.

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 7 years, at 47 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 16 more professional rounds, 68 to Weidman's 52.

Romero vs Weidman form

Yoel Romero had stopped 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Israel Adesanya at UFC 248 on 7th March 2020 by unanimous decision in their UFC Middleweight championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Paulo Costa at UFC 241 on 17th August 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Honda Center, Anaheim.

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

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

He had lost to 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.

Activity check

Romero's last 5 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 2 months and 3 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 5 months and 8 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 21 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 4.2 rounds on average.

Weidman's last 3 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 9 months and 30 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 7 months and 10 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 8 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.7 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Romero vs Weidman?

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