Daniel Cormier Says He Called Bellator President Scott Coker to Consider Yoel Romero Offer

Dana White recently announced in the press conference that the UFC would be letting go of around 60 fighters. Fighters that are on the older side and are on losing streaks were most likely going to be the targets. Yoel Romero, who was on a 3-fight skid, was one such athlete who got cut from the UFC recently. 

‘The Soldier of God’ is without a doubt one of the scariest men to have ever entered the octagon. Romero was a freak of a human and possessed astounding knockout power in both his hands.

Despite being a silver medallist at the Olympic games, Romero never used his wrestling much. The power in his hands was more than enough for most of his opponents. 

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On a recent episode of ‘DC’ and Helwani, the pair dissected Romero’s move to Bellator. Helwani said, “We got influence in this game.

“So there might have been people who sat around watching us talking about how crazy it is that they’re not signing Yoel Romero.

“And that he is still really good at 43, and there might be some people out there who said you know what ‘DC’ and Helwani are right…. Both us, I’m giving us like 80% credit for this Yoel Romero signing maybe 85.”

Cormier responded with, “I mean that seems pretty high but okay I’ll take it. I mean, I’ve taken 50% credit for Fight Island…. I called Scott Coker and I’m like, ‘Yo Scott, you don’t want him? Could you imagine ‘Rumble’ Johnson vs Yoel Romero at 205? Like they’re both out there and you don’t want him?’ ”

After being released from the UFC, Romero was one of the hottest free agents on the market. Initially, Scott Coker was not interested in signing Romero stating that he was focusing on up-and-coming talent.

However, news recently broke out that Romero will be signing with Bellator imminently and will fight in the 205-pound weight class as opposed to the weight he used to compete at in the UFC. 

What do you make of Yoel Romero signing with Bellator?