Yoel Romero Responds To Israel Adesanya: ‘See You Soon Boi’
Yoel Romero has caught wind of Israel Adesanya’s recent comments about him, and the Cuban now has “Stylebender” on his radar.
In a recent interview with MMA Junkie previewing his fight with Robert Whittaker this weekend, Adesanya poked at Whittaker’s gas tank heading into the fifth round of his fight against Romero, who he dubbed a “43-year-old wrestler.””
“I’m the better fighter because, you look at my last two five-round fights, and you look at his last two five-round fights – obviously MMA math doesn’t work that way, but, you look at the way I am in the fifth round, even in my last fight, I showed out,” Adesanya said.
“You look at the way he was in the last round of his last fight, how he looked against a 43-year-old wrestler. Now, I don’t strike like a 43-year-old wrestler. I don’t pick my shots like him. If I hurt you, I’m not going to try and bum rush you and gas out. I’ll find the shot and I’ll put him away. So there’s a difference in caliber in opponents that he’s faced, and he hasn’t been active.”
Romero issued out the following Tweet in response to Adesanya.
Romero is currently on a two-fight losing streak at middleweight. His first loss came to Whittaker back in June of 2018 via split decision. Then, he was outpointed by the young Paulo Costa at UFC 241 in August. There’s a very real possibility Romero fights the loser of Saturday night’s main event, and if “Stylebender” is on the losing end, that might just work out perfectly for “The Soldier Of God.”
What do you think about a potential fight between Romero and Adesanya?
