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Yoel Romero (Yoel Romero Palacio) was born on 30 April, 1977 in Pinar del Río, Cuba, is a Cuban Olympic wrestler and mixed martial artist. Discover Yoel Romero's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 46 years old?

Popular As Yoel Romero Palacio
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Age 46 years old
Zodiac Sign Taurus
Born 30 April 1977
Birthday 30 April
Birthplace Pinar del Río, Cuba
Nationality Cuba

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Yoel Romero Height, Weight & Measurements

At 46 years old, Yoel Romero height is 5 ft 10 in and Weight 205 lb.

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Height 5 ft 10 in
Weight 205 lb
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Dating & Relationship status

He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.

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Yoel Romero Net Worth

His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Yoel Romero worth at the age of 46 years old? Yoel Romero’s income source is mostly from being a successful Wrestler. He is from Cuba. We have estimated Yoel Romero's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.

Net Worth in 2024 $1 Million - $5 Million
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Net Worth in 2023 Pending
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1977

Yoel Romero Palacio (born April 30, 1977) is a Cuban professional mixed martial artist and former freestyle wrestler.

He currently competes in the Light Heavyweight division for Bellator MMA.

Romero formerly competed in the Middleweight division for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) and was a challenger for the UFC Middleweight Championship.

As a freestyle wrestler, Romero competed at 85 kilograms, and he was the '99 World Champion (five-time medalist at the World Championships), the '00 Olympic Silver medalist, a three-time World Cup winner (six-time medalist), the '03 Pan American Games Gold medalist (bronze medalist in '99) and a five-time Pan American Champion.

As of February 7, 2023, he is #3 in the Bellator Light Heavyweight Rankings.

1990

Romero started training in wrestling in the 1990s, eventually representing Cuba at senior level in the FILA Wrestling World Championships, which is held in non-Olympic years, from 1997 to 2005.

1997

Romero medaled in five world championships, only missing out with his fifth-place finish in 1997, and a sixth-place finish in 2003, when he was battling injuries.

1999

At the 1999 World Wrestling Championships Romero became world champion by defeating the 1996 Olympic gold medalist, Khadzhimurad Magomedov of Russia.

2000

Romero competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics and the 2004 Summer Olympics, representing his home nation of Cuba.

He won the silver medal in the 2000 freestyle competition, losing to Adam Saitiev in the finals.

2002

He missed out on becoming world champion again in 2002.

After landing a three-point throw against Adam Saitiev to take a 3–2 lead, Romero was penalized a point for passivity with 20 seconds remaining.

In overtime, after a scramble that saw Romero end on top, it was judged Saitiev had scored in the interim.

2003

Other notable achievements include a gold medal at the 2003 Pan American Games, a quadrennial competition held the year before the Olympics, as well as multiple medal-winning finishes at the FILA Wrestling World Cup.

2004

He finished in fourth place in 2004.

While competing in freestyle wrestling, Romero has defeated three Olympic gold medal winners, and five different world champions.

Among them were Americans Cael Sanderson and Les Gutches, both of whom Romero has multiple victories over.

2005

Romero competed infrequently after 2005: he was suspended for all of 2006 by the Cuban Wrestling Federation for allegedly throwing his match against Mindorashvili at the 2005 World Championships.

2007

After winning the Grand Prix of Germany in the summer of 2007, he did not return to Cuba, choosing instead to remain in Germany.

Romero then joined the Ringer-Bundesliga, a professional wrestling league in Germany, in which teams compete for team titles.

Romero competed as a starting member of SV Johannis Nuremberg, as well as helping coach and train the team.

Eventually he began to transition into MMA.

After defecting to Germany in 2007, Romero made his professional mixed martial arts debut in December 2009.

2008

From 2008 to 2011, Romero was trained by Serge Kuftin (combat sambo & MMA coach) and Zike Simic (kickboxing coach), both of whom were from Peter Althof's "Martial Arts Gym Nürnberg".

Over the three years, Romero amassed a record of 5–0 in various promotions in Germany and Poland.

Romero won his debut via TKO against Sascha Weinpolter.

In his second bout, he scored a 62-second finish via TKO against Ricky Pulu.

He then took on Polish standout Michał Fijałka in his third bout.

Romero won in the third round via TKO, which was at first ruled a controversial disqualification, due to a knee on the ground thrown by Romero.

2011

In 2011, he won his next three fights via TKO in the first round.

Romero signed with Strikeforce in July 2011 and made his promotional debut against Rafael Cavalcante on September 10, 2011, at Strikeforce 36.

He lost the fight via KO in the second round.

2013

A neck injury kept him out of action until 2013.

After Strikeforce was purchased and absorbed by the UFC, Romero made his promotional and middleweight debut against Clifford Starks on April 20, 2013, at UFC on Fox 7.

He won the fight via flying knee knockout in the first round.

This win earned him Knockout of the Night honors.

Romero was expected to face Derek Brunson on August 31, 2013, at UFC 164.

However, Brunson suffered an injury and pulled out of the bout.

Promotional newcomer Brian Houston was briefly linked as a replacement, however Houston was not medically cleared to compete at the event and the bout was canceled.

In his second UFC bout, Romero faced Ronny Markes on November 6, 2013, at UFC Fight Night 31.