Romero vs Manhoef

Who won Romero vs Manhoef?

Yoel Romero beat Melvin Manhoef by knockout in the 3rd round during the co-main event of Bellator 285, on Friday 23rd September 2022 at 3Arena Dublin in Dublin.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Light Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 205 pounds (14.6 stone or 93 KG).

Romero vs Manhoef stats

Yoel Romero stepped into the octagon with a record of 14 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 12 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Melvin Manhoef made his way to the cage with a record of 32 wins, 15 losses and 1 draw, 29 of those wins coming by knock out.

Yoel Romero's Bellator record stood at 3-2-0, while Melvin Manhoef's came in at 4-5-0.

The stats suggested Manhoef had a slight advantage in power over Romero, with a 91% knock out percentage over Romero's 86%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested that Romero and Manhoef would have been pretty equal, both with a 0% submission rate.

Yoel Romero was the younger man by 1 year, at 47 years old.

Romero had a height advantage of 4 inches over Manhoef. That also extended to a 3-inch reach advantage.

Romero was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 28 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2009, 14 years later than Manhoef, whose first professional fight was in 1995. He had fought 8 less professional rounds, 68 to Manhoef's 76.

Romero vs Manhoef form

Yoel Romero had stopped 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Alex Polizzi at Bellator 280 on 6th May 2022 by knockout in the 3rd round at Accor Arena, Paris, France.

Previous to that, he had lost to Phil Davis at Bellator 266 on 18th September 2021 by split decision in their 3 round contest at SAP Center, San Jose, United States.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Israel Adesanya at UFC 248 on 7th March 2020 by unanimous decision in their UFC Middleweight championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

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

He had lost to Robert Whittaker at UFC 225 on 9th June 2018 by split decision in their 5 round contest at United Center, Chicago.

Activity check

Romero's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 9 months and 21 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 4 months and 12 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 19 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.8 rounds on average.

Manhoef's last 3 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 9 months and 8 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 11 months and 3 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

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