Romero vs Polizzi

Who won Romero vs Polizzi?

Yoel Romero beat Alex Polizzi by knockout in the 3rd round during the co-main event of Bellator 280, on Friday 6th May 2022 at Accor Arena in Paris.

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 Polizzi stats

Yoel Romero stepped into the octagon with a record of 13 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 11 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Alex Polizzi made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 0 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws.

Alex Polizzi marked his 7th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2020.

Yoel Romero's Bellator record stood at 3-2-0, while Alex Polizzi's came in at 4-3-0.

The stats suggested Romero had a massive power advantage over Polizzi, boasting a 85% knock out percentage over Polizzi's 0%.

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

Yoel Romero was the older man by 15 years, at 48 years old.

Romero had a 1-inch reach advantage.

Romero was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 19 more fights, and made his debut in 2009, 8 years and 7 months earlier than Polizzi, whose first professional fight was in 2018. He had fought 33 more professional rounds, 68 to Polizzi's 35.

Romero vs Polizzi form

Polizzi had won all 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 1opponent and going the distance 4 times.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Jose Augusto Azevedo at Bellator 276 on 11th March 2022 by submission in the 3rd round at The Family Arena, St. Louis, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Grant Neal at Bellator 266 on 18th September 2021 by split decision in their 3 round contest at SAP Center, San Jose.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Gustavo Trujillo at Bellator 260 on 11th June 2021 by submission in the 1st round at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Before that, he was victorious against Jamal Pogues at LFA 82 on 21st February 2020 by submission in the 4th round in their LFA Light Heavyweight championship fight at Mystic Lake Casino Hotel, Prior Lake.

He had won against Pierre Walters at LFA 70 on 28th June 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at The Sylvee, Madison.

Activity check

Romero's last 2 fights had come over a period of 8 years, 5 months and 25 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 4 years, 2 months and 29 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 8 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 4 rounds on average.

Polizzi's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 10 months and 9 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 4 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

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