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Romero was fined 20% of his fight purse and the fight proceeded as a non-title catchweight bout. [ 55 ] [ 56 ] Romero lost the back-and-forth fight by a close split decision. The fight was awarded as Fight of the Night , but due to Romero missing weight, Whittaker received both $50,000 bonuses for a total of $100,000.
Bellator 297: Nemkov vs. Romero Bellator MMA x Rizin 2 Bellator 297: Nemkov vs. Romero was a mixed martial arts event produced by Bellator MMA that took place on June 16, 2023, at the Wintrust Arena in Chicago, Illinois , United States.
Nemkov was scheduled to defend his title against Yoel Romero on February 4, 2023, at Bellator 290. [34] However, Nemkov was forced to withdraw due to undisclosed reason and the bout was scrapped. [35] In January 2023, Bellator announced that it had signed a multi-year, multi-fight contract with Nemkov. [36]
The Last Stylebender's first title defense will come in March.
Despite a bout between Yoel Romero and Paulo Costa having been announced for Nov. 3 at UFC 230 in New York, it will not happen as expected. Romero has had to withdraw from the fight. Though a ...
Yoel Romero will challenge for the light heavyweight title in the Bellator 290 co-main event. Yoel Romero gets title shot at Bellator 290 against Vadim Nemkov vs. Corey Anderson winner Skip to ...
Yoel Romero: Decision (unanimous) (49–46, 49–46, 49–46) 5 5:00 Bellator 297 [h] Flyweight Kyoji Horiguchi: vs. Makoto Takahashi No Contest (accidental eye poke) 1 0:25 Bellator MMA x Rizin 2 [i] Middleweight Johnny Eblen (c) def. Fabian Edwards: KO (punches) 3 0:21 Bellator 299 [j] Women's Flyweight Liz Carmouche (c) def. Ilima-Lei Macfarlane
Former UFC middleweight title contender Yoel Romero made his Bellator debut against Phil Davis, another former UFC contender, at this event.Romero, 44, was slated to debut for the promotion in the first round of their light heavyweight tournament against Anthony Johnson in May, but was forced to withdraw due to a medical issue concerning his eye.