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Yoel Romero

13-5-0
49y·6' 0"·73" reach·Southpaw
1:55
Control / 15m
time on top
+0.39
Striking diff.
landed minus absorbed
78%
Finish rate
wins inside the distance
1.5
Power
knockdowns per 100 landed

How they fight

Every significant strike they have landed across 13 recorded bouts, 667 in total. Target and position are two readings of the same strikes, so each adds to 100.

Target
Head 60%Body 18%Legs 22%
Position
Distance 73%Clinch 12%Ground 15%
And how often each lands
Head41%
Body66%
Legs77%
Distance44%
Clinch68%
Ground71%

How fights end

UFC bouts only, so these will not add up to the record above. Counts rather than rates: two knockouts in three wins is not a 67% finisher.

9Wins7 KO · 2 DEC
5Losses1 KO · 4 DEC

Control, bout by bout

Seconds spent controlling the opponent in each fight, oldest on the left. UFCStats records this per bout and never adds it up; this is what that looks like added up.

3%
Starks
7%
Markes
7%
Brunson
45%
Tavares
19%
Kennedy
1%
Machida
13%
Souza
18%
Weidman
21%
Whittaker
1%
Rockhold
17%
Whittaker
1%
Costa
0%
Adesanya

As the fight goes on

Which measure to show

Significant strikes landed, per minute fought. Every round is measured against round one, except rounds reached by fewer than 3 bouts, which are dimmed and left uncompared.

Landed / minvs R1Bouts
R12.91100%13
R22.92100%12
R35.58192%12
R42.2076%3
R53.87133%3

Only fights that reached a round count towards it, so later rounds are a smaller sample.

Career numbers

Strikes landed / min3.44
Strikes absorbed / min3.05
Striking accuracyof everything thrown49%
Striking defenceof what comes back, missed60%
Takedowns / 15 min1.57
Takedown accuracyof attempts that land30%
Takedown defenceof attempts stuffed78%
Sub attempts / 15 min0
Pacestrikes landed and absorbed, added together6.49
Average bout lengthhow long their fights actually last, across 13 bouts14.7m

Earned Accuracy

How hard the opponents on this record were to hit at distance, and whether they beat it. Distance strikes only, so nobody gets credit for accuracy they picked up hammering someone already flat on the floor.

44.5%
Landed at range
1,095 thrown over 13 bouts
37.5%
Expected
against these opponents
+7.0pp
Gap
above expected
82.4%
Coverage
from real records
The fine print

Distance strikes only

Nothing thrown in the clinch or on the ground counts. Those land at about 72% and 71%, against 44% at distance, so a blended accuracy mostly measures where a fight happened. Rank the sport that way and its best strikers are all wrestlers.

One pass, not a rating

How much each opponent lets through is taken raw. It isn't adjusted for who they fought, so a fighter whose opponents all had soft schedules comes out looking better here than they are. Running it to convergence is a later job.

Coverage, and who gets ranked

Coverage is how much of the expected number came from the opponents' own records instead of the division average. Under 65% it's mostly the division talking, so the comparison gets hidden. Same for anyone under 5 qualifying bouts, or under 300 distance strikes of their own, which is where an accuracy still moves on a single exchange. Miss any of the three and you'll see what they landed, nothing else, and they stay out of any ranking.

Short records get pulled to the middle

An opponent who hasn't been shot at much gets dragged toward their division's average, and the drag fades as their record fills in. At 60 distance strikes faced, their own record and the division average count for the same.

Bout log

LIsrael AdesanyaMar 2020U-DEC0:00 ctrl40 str0 td
Significant strikes
40 of 89 · 45%
Total strikes
40 of 89 · 45%
Takedowns
0 of 3 · 0%
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 5 rounds
Target
Head 50%Body 18%Legs 33%
Position
Distance 88%Clinch 13%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
LPaulo CostaAug 2019U-DEC0:12 ctrl125 str1 td
Significant strikes
125 of 284 · 44%
Total strikes
125 of 284 · 44%
Takedowns
1 of 4 · 25%
Control
0:12
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 77%Body 9%Legs 14%
Position
Distance 94%Clinch 6%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
LRobert WhittakerJun 2018S-DEC4:21 ctrl111 str3 td
Significant strikes
111 of 240 · 46%
Total strikes
149 of 287 · 52%
Takedowns
3 of 10 · 30%
Control
4:21
Knockdowns
2
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Split decision, 5 rounds
Target
Head 68%Body 17%Legs 14%
Position
Distance 59%Clinch 23%Ground 18%
This fight on UFCStats
WLuke RockholdFeb 2018KO R30:08 ctrl45 str0 td
Significant strikes
45 of 92 · 49%
Total strikes
52 of 99 · 53%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:08
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R3 1:48
Punch to Head At Distance
Target
Head 51%Body 22%Legs 27%
Position
Distance 69%Clinch 29%Ground 2%
This fight on UFCStats
LRobert WhittakerJul 2017U-DEC5:15 ctrl48 str4 td
Significant strikes
48 of 107 · 45%
Total strikes
114 of 175 · 65%
Takedowns
4 of 18 · 22%
Control
5:15
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 5 rounds
Target
Head 42%Body 25%Legs 33%
Position
Distance 85%Clinch 6%Ground 8%
This fight on UFCStats
WChris WeidmanNov 2016KO R31:52 ctrl18 str2 td
Significant strikes
18 of 40 · 45%
Total strikes
27 of 51 · 53%
Takedowns
2 of 3 · 67%
Control
1:52
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R3 0:24
Flying Knee Head
Target
Head 72%Body 11%Legs 17%
Position
Distance 50%Clinch 6%Ground 44%
This fight on UFCStats
WJacare SouzaDec 2015S-DEC1:58 ctrl46 str0 td
Significant strikes
46 of 92 · 50%
Total strikes
56 of 104 · 54%
Takedowns
0 of 1 · 0%
Control
1:58
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Split decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 80%Body 11%Legs 9%
Position
Distance 52%Clinch 0%Ground 48%
This fight on UFCStats
WLyoto MachidaJun 2015KO R30:05 ctrl42 str1 td
Significant strikes
42 of 70 · 60%
Total strikes
44 of 72 · 61%
Takedowns
1 of 2 · 50%
Control
0:05
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R3 1:38
Elbows to Head From Half Guard
Target
Head 38%Body 21%Legs 40%
Position
Distance 83%Clinch 2%Ground 14%
This fight on UFCStats
WTim KennedySep 2014KO R32:06 ctrl39 str3 td
Significant strikes
39 of 80 · 49%
Total strikes
51 of 93 · 55%
Takedowns
3 of 4 · 75%
Control
2:06
Knockdowns
2
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R3 0:58
Punch to Head In Clinch
Target
Head 72%Body 8%Legs 21%
Position
Distance 64%Clinch 13%Ground 23%
This fight on UFCStats
WBrad TavaresApr 2014U-DEC6:48 ctrl31 str7 td
Significant strikes
31 of 48 · 65%
Total strikes
63 of 81 · 78%
Takedowns
7 of 12 · 58%
Control
6:48
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 45%Body 19%Legs 35%
Position
Distance 65%Clinch 32%Ground 3%
This fight on UFCStats
WDerek BrunsonJan 2014KO R30:53 ctrl60 str0 td
Significant strikes
60 of 94 · 64%
Total strikes
87 of 122 · 71%
Takedowns
0 of 4 · 0%
Control
0:53
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R3 3:23
Elbows to Body On Ground
Target
Head 45%Body 42%Legs 13%
Position
Distance 52%Clinch 10%Ground 38%
This fight on UFCStats
WRonny MarkesNov 2013KO R30:49 ctrl50 str0 td
Significant strikes
50 of 104 · 48%
Total strikes
52 of 107 · 49%
Takedowns
0 of 1 · 0%
Control
0:49
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R3 1:39
Punch to Head In Clinch
Target
Head 54%Body 18%Legs 28%
Position
Distance 88%Clinch 8%Ground 4%
This fight on UFCStats
WClifford StarksApr 2013KO R10:03 ctrl12 str0 td
Significant strikes
12 of 12 · 100%
Total strikes
12 of 12 · 100%
Takedowns
0 of 1 · 0%
Control
0:03
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 1:32
Flying Knee Head
Target
Head 50%Body 8%Legs 42%
Position
Distance 67%Clinch 0%Ground 33%
This fight on UFCStats

Numbers from UFCStats. Control time and strike placement are summed from each bout, everything else is as published.