Scott Cooker provides a crucial update on Yoel Romero’s career


Scott Cooker provides a crucial update on Yoel Romero’s career

Yoel Romero

Yoel Romero was considered as the scariest middleweight to ever walk inside the UFC octagon. His brutal knockouts earned him that reputation, and he got the chance to fulfill his dream of becoming the world champion against Israel Adesanya at UFC 248. He lost that fight via unanimous decision, and it was the third straight loss of his career.

UFC released Romero from his contract, and he joined Bellator MMA almost immediately. His debut was much anticipated and he fought against Phil Davis at Bellator 266, he lost that fight as well, and fans were worried about his future in MMA. Scott Coker from Bellator provided an update on Yoel’s career in his recent interview with MMA Junkie.

He said, “We’ve had conversations on both of those topics, him going down to 185. He said he’ll do whatever. Personally, I think he’d like to stay at 205 and fight there. I think him and Gegard should fight at some point, whether it’s at 185 or a superfight at 205.”

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I believe he’s going to want to stay at 205″ – Scott Coker speaks on Yoel Romero’s intention

Yoel Romero
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Coker still believes in Romero, and he thinks giving him a couple of fights during their light-heavyweight tournament would be perfect. “Let’s also see how this tournament unfolds and unwinds and who is the champ,” Coker said. “Let’s get him some contender fights in between. Let’s say as the light heavyweight finals are going down toward the path of finishing, let’s get him a couple of fights and see if he can get back into contention.”

As far as his weight class, that’s something we’ll reach out to him maybe in the next week and see what he’s thinking. I believe he’s going to want to stay at 205,” Romero competed at the middleweight division during his UFC reign, and it was pretty hard for him to make that weight, given the circumstances he will do everything in his power to stay at 205.

Also read – Everything you need to know about the Bellator 266 judging controversy – Phil Davis vs Yoel Romero