Yoel Romero is combating this weekend.
Romero, 47, is about to tackle former Energy Slap athlete Duane Crespo in a heavyweight bout per a report from MMA Junkie.
Soiled Boxing Championship bouts are composed of three-minute rounds — 5 rounds for major occasions and championship matchups. Fighters will compete in five-ounce gloves inside a customized DBX ring the place each floor and pound and elbows are permitted.
Yoel Romero final competed at PFL vs. Bellator in February
Romero can be competing in his first combat since a unanimous resolution victory over Thiago Santos on the PFL vs. Bellator occasion in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Earlier than that, ‘Soldier of God’ had competed 4 occasions underneath the Bellator banner, going 2-2 within the course of.
A silver medalist on the 2020 Olympic Video games in Sydney, Australia, Romero is greatest recognized for his UFC run the place he was scheduled to combat for the middleweight title on 4 separate events. Two of these cases noticed Romero fail to make the 185-pound restrict, disqualifying him from successful the title in bouts in opposition to Luke Rockhold and Robert Whittaker.
Romero’s final probability on the strap got here in opposition to Israel Adesanya at UFC 248 — a title tilt that went down as one of many worst fights in UFC historical past.
Soiled Boxing Championship is the brainchild of Mike Perry and his enterprise companions, together with former Karate Fight President Adam Kovacs, serial entrepreneur Josh McClean, and the achieved Kawa brothers of First Spherical Administration.
“It’s time to get dirty! We’ve been working so hard on this all year, I can’t wait for Saturday night,” Perry forward of the promotion’s debut occasion. “Hands, elbows, ground and pound — these fights are going to be wild and they’re going to be up close and personal. I love that we’re doing this sort of underground launch event, it’s like a private fight club. We’ll release the tapes after the event but if you want to peek inside while the fights are going on, follow our social channels.”
