Yoel Romero is too small for LHW

[quantiqus]

based on height, vick should be moved to mw and latifi & hunt to lw.

Or he can retire without additional losses.

 

[quantiqus]

He would get fucked by Cormier,Jones,Gustafson and saki for sure and there is a reason he kills himself trying to make mw.

dc - hw
jones - suspended for years
gus - who knows
saki - no wrestling kills, romero beats him

 

[LastingEffect]

based on height, vick should be moved to mw and latifi & hunt to lw.

He's not a that big of the draw.

 

[Gamer007]

Yeah he'd be undersized and his style would be harder to get away with against guys who will be much more dangerous and harder to move around. You can't sit at the end of Gustafsson's jab all night and expect to survive, we all saw what happened to Glover. If he goes to LHW he will be finished by the elite. He should retire he has nothing more to prove he's an amazing talent and fighter.

 

[Alphafail]

He smol but stronk.

 

[moogie101]

He's a cheating prick so screw him. He's failed to make weight twice now, moving up shouldn't be an option it should be forced upon him like it was on Kelvin.

 

[GearSolidMetal]

Cormier is exception, at least I think so.

Fedor.

If he lose the gut, he'd easily make 205.

Possibly 185, but he'd be one of the thickest MWs ever and have to cut a shitton of weight. But if Weidman and Rockhold could do it, so could have Fedor - in his prime.

Just stating the above to back up my opinion that Romero could be a fucking beast at LHW, fucking up larger opponents who are diminished after significant weight cuts.

 

[Tweak896]

Yoel has wrestling which helps shorter fighters as something to fall back on. Also at 205 yoel might get extra power like rumble did. Yoel will be faster than most fighters at this division. He can fight like gastelum of 205

 

[LastingEffect]

Fedor.

If he lose the gut, he'd easily make 205.

Possibly 185, but he'd be one of the thickest MWs ever and have to cut a shitton of weight. But if Weidman and Rockhold could do it, so could have Fedor - in his prime.

Just stating the above to back up my opinion that Romero could be a fucking beast at LHW, fucking up larger opponents who are diminished after significant weight cuts.

And his cardio would increase? I would argue that it you be affected negatively. Of course you could say weight cutting kills cardio too.

 

[LastingEffect]

Yoel has wrestling which helps shorter fighters as something to fall back on. Also at 205 yoel might get extra power like rumble did. Yoel will be faster than most fighters at this division. He can fight like gastelum of 205

Gastelum - yes. But bigger guys - they would out strike the shit out of him by keeping the distance.

 

[cenksinan]

dc - hw
jones - suspended for years
gus - who knows
saki - no wrestling kills, romero beats him

Dc-lhw champion Jones-still fucks him up easily. Gus-everybody knows. Saki-only one he might wrassle-fuck but saki puts him down fast I think.

 

[LastingEffect]

He's a cheating prick so screw him. He's failed to make weight twice now, moving up shouldn't be an option it should be forced upon him like it was on Kelvin.

So he should retire.

 

[GearSolidMetal]

And his cardio would increase? I would argue that it you be affected negatively. Of course you could say weight cutting kills cardio too.

Romero is around 205 walking into the octagon, after weighing in at 185 around 30 hours before hand.

 

[LastingEffect]

Romero is around 205 walking into the octagon, after weighing in at 185 around 30 hours before hand.

He should add additional mass for LHW. Or maybe not. I don't know.

 

[MRT]

Dana suggested him moving up to LHW. Where is a reason why he choose be middleweight - he's only 180 cm tall, so fighting Gustafsson (195 cm tall) would be challenge.

He haven't fought as LHW since 2011, so if he moves up and gets to fight top guys - I doubt that he will be as dangerous.

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And I know Cormier is only 180 cm tall.

sure, the height difference is arguably a disadvantage, but that's Yoel's challenge to overcome.

regardless of the commission halting his cut, Yoel looked *horrible* at the weigh-ins and needed help to walk back stage...that is not good for him, the org, or the fans.

despite his own height 'disadvantage' and similar age, Cormier has managed to become the clear #2 LHW in the UFC, and even went undefeated at HW against some legit guys, earlier in his career.

if Yoel is such a badass monster, then he should be able to find success at 205 too, no?

 

[LastingEffect]

sure, the height difference is arguably a disadvantage, but that's Yoel's challenge to overcome.

regardless of the commission halting his cut, Yoel looked *horrible* at the weigh-ins and needed help to walk back stage...that is not good for him, the org, or the fans.

despite his own height 'disadvantage' and similar age, Cormier has managed to become the clear #2 LHW in the UFC, and even went undefeated at HW against some legit guys, earlier in his career.

if Yoel is such a badass monster, then he should be able to find success at 205 too, no?

No, he should retire before he get 4 straight loses and brain damage before he reaches 43.

 

[LastingEffect]

Fedor.

If he lose the gut, he'd easily make 205.

Possibly 185, but he'd be one of the thickest MWs ever and have to cut a shitton of weight. But if Weidman and Rockhold could do it, so could have Fedor - in his prime.

Just stating the above to back up my opinion that Romero could be a fucking beast at LHW, fucking up larger opponents who are diminished after significant weight cuts.

Fedor was great when he was in his twenties in last decade. Sport improves, I don't think that Prime Fedor would be such a big threat for current HW devision.

 

[Canned Tuna]

Sport evolved

 

[Typrune Goatley]

Sport evolved, I don't think with LHW line up he would be that successful.

Light Heavyweight and Heavyweight have not evolved. Those divisions are worse than ever.

Latifi is the same height as Romero and he is ranked #4 LHW in UFC right now. If he can do it Romero certainly could as well.

 

[LockardTheGOAT]

Too small my ass, he kills himself to make Middleweight. Light Heavyweight would be his ideal weight class. He generally looks as big (if not slightly bigger) than your average LHW on fight night as is, and his power would definitely carry over as well.

It's a crap division anyway. Who's there that Romero can't beat? He'd be a hard fight for both Gus and Cormier. Glover Texira would probably be easy work. I could see him beating Anthony Smith, and he already put Luke Rockhold on queer street.