NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 09: Yoel Romero of Cuba talks to the media during the UFC 205 Ultimate Media Day at The Theater at Madison Square Garden on November 9, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images)
Yoel Romero and Israel Adesanya fought at UFC 248, back in March 2020
Israel Adesanya takes on Marvin Vettori at UFC 263. The ‘Last Stylebender’ will be defending his middleweight title against the Italian.
Having already met once inside the Octagon, back in April 2018, Adesanya will be looking forward to putting on a better show than he did that night. Vettori came really close to defeating Adesanya that day, before going down via. a split decision.
Elsewhere, former UFC middleweight Yoel Romero, who is currently with Bellator, shared his prediction for the UFC 263 title fight in an interview with the Schmo.
While Romero did say that Vettori would find it difficult to get past Adesanya, he also made a stunning claim that he was the only one to beat Adesanya in middleweight.
“It’s a really really tough match. When you see the first match between Israel and Vettori, it was very close. And Vettori is now coming up. He has grown a lot. Now he is a very dangerous guy. But Izzy’s Izzy. Izzy has only lost one fight – with me. That’s the first fight Izzy lost – it was with me.”
Romero was referring to their fight at UFC 247, which Izzy won via. unanimous decision. In one of the most boring fights ever, Romero accused Adesanya of running away and claimed that he was the real winner.
In just a few days Logan Paul and Floyd Mayweather will be squaring off inside the boxing ring in an exhibition match.
With the entire world picking Mayweather to ease past the YouTuber, The Schmo seemed to reiterate the same when asked by Romero about what he felt about the fight.
Romero then grabbed the mic and made a surprise prediction. He said:
“I think Paul has a chance too. Number 5 [Round 5 finish].”
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