Yoel Romero is combating this weekend.
In a bit of reports that actually got here out of nowhere, the multi-time UFC title challenger will return to motion on Saturday night time in Miami below the Soiled Boxing Championship banner — a putting promotion co-owned by BKFC star ‘Platinum’ Mike Perry.
Romero, 47, is ready 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 essential 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 might be competing in his first struggle since a unanimous determination victory over Thiago Santos on the PFL vs. Bellator occasion in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Earlier than that, ‘Soldier of God’ had competed 4 occasions below 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 identified for his UFC run the place he was scheduled to struggle for the middleweight title on 4 separate events. Two of these situations 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 soiled! We’ve been working so exhausting on this all 12 months, I can’t look ahead to Saturday night time,” Perry forward of the promotion’s debut occasion. “Fingers, elbows, floor and pound — these fights are going to be wild and so they’re going to be up shut and private. I really like that we’re doing this form of underground launch occasion, it’s like a personal struggle membership. We’ll launch the tapes after the occasion however if you wish to peek inside whereas the fights are happening, observe our social channels.”
