Romious vs Bolanos

Who won Romious vs Bolanos?

Gaston Bolanos beat Cortavious Romious by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 9th November 2024 at UFC Apex in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced as 30-26, 30-27, 30-27 in favor of the winner Gaston Bolanos.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Bantamweight division, which meant the weight limit was 135 pounds (9.6 stone or 61.2 KG).

Romious vs Bolanos stats

Cortavious Romious stepped into the octagon with a record of 9 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 5 by submission.

Gaston Bolanos made his way to the cage with a record of 7 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by knock out.

This was Cortavious Romious' 1st fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2024. Gaston Bolanos marked his 3rd fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2023.

Cortavious Romious' UFC record stood at 0-1-0, while Gaston Bolanos' came in at 2-1-0.

The stats suggested Bolanos had a massive power advantage over Romious, boasting a 86% knock out percentage over Romious' 22%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Romious had a massive advantage over Bolanos, boasting a 56% submission rate over Bolanos' 0%.

Cortavious Romious was the younger man by 1 year, at 31 years old.

Bolanos had a height advantage of 4 inches over Romious.

Romious was the less experienced professional fighter, having had the same amount of fights, and made his debut in 2018, 1 year and 6 months later than Bolanos, whose first professional fight was in 2017. He had fought 1 less professional rounds, 21 to Bolanos' 22.

Romious vs Bolanos form

Bolanos had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Marcus McGhee at UFC Fight Night: Ankalaev vs. Walker on 13th January 2024 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Aaron Phillips at UFC Fight Night – Holloway vs. Allen on 15th April 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Center, Kansas City.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Daniel Carey at Bellator 277 on 15th April 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at SAP Center, San Jose.

Before that, he had been beaten by Daniel Carey at Bellator 226 on 7th September 2019 by submission in the 1st round at SAP Center, San Jose.

He had defeated Nathan Stolen at Bellator 220 on 27th April 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at SAP Center, San Jose.

Activity check

Romious' last 3 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 8 months and 25 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months. In those fights, he fought a total of 5 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.7 rounds on average.

Bolanos' last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 10 months and 14 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 5 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 8 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.6 rounds on average.

What time did Romious vs Bolanos start?

The fighters were expected to walk out at around 9:50 PM UTC , which was 4:50 PM EST or 1:50 PM PST on the West Coast of America, or 9:50 PM GMT in the UK.

What were the odds on Romious vs Bolanos?

Cortavious Romious was a 2/5 (-250) favourite going into the contest, while Gaston Bolanos made his way into the ring at 2/1 (+200) with oddsmakers.