“Same Way My Dad Fights Me”: 46-Year-Old Ex-UFC Star Yoel Romero’s Bizarre In-Fight Antics at Bellator 297 Leaves MMA World in Splits

The fights in Bellator 297 are making headlines for exciting the fans. One fight that caught the attention of the MMA community took place between Vadim Nemkov and Yoel Romero. Fans were highly disappointed to see the former UFC fighter’s lethargic in-fight antics. However, some felt that it was just funny to watch him drag the fight from a point where he was sure of losing it.

Nemkov versus Romero was the main event of Bellator 297 in the light heavyweight division. The Russian fighter made sure that he retained his title once again. Nemkov dominated the bout in all five rounds and won a lopsided unanimous decision victory at Wintrust Arena.

At the moment, Nemkov has garnered an impressive resume by beating all the legitimate contenders in the light heavyweight division. He is left with no choice but to move up in search of great opportunities. On the other hand, ‘Soldier of God’ has a record of 15 victories and 7 losses. He is 46 years old and faces the end of the road in his fighting career. When fans got to watch their bout, they concentrated on the fighting style of Romero, which was the least impressive.

Fans react to the in-fight antics of Yoel Romero

 When Yoel Romero and Vadim Nemkov came together, fans got to see the theatrics of Romero. He struggled to keep himself balanced against the Russian fighter. Some of the fans believe that Romero was just trying to escape a knockout loss. They felt that his lethargic movements during the fight were his strategy to take the fight to a decision. Recently, footage from the fight posted by ESPN MMA on Instagram went viral, and fans felt that Romero adopted the “drunken master” style. ONE Championship fighter, Gurdarshan Mangat, commented, “Same way my dad fights me” after watching the video.

Let’s check out how fans reacted to the video.

One fan mentioned that it wasn’t the first time Romero chose to fight in a tepid manner..

“yoel does this every time he knows he’s gonna lose”

A fan pointed out that people only prefer to pay for good fights.

“People pay for the good fight”

One fan mentioned how his movements helped him for 40 seconds.

“40 seconds it worked for him though”

One fan questioned the Miami native for being out of shape.

“Is this the most out of shape we ever seen Yoel?! Lol”

After coming across the weird in-fight antics of Romero, a fan called him a “Drunk master“

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A fan suggested Romero should retire.

“He needs to retire instead of making a fool of himself”

One of the fans called the in-fight antics of the 46-year-old “frustrating.”

 “Yoel has the weirdest habit of absolutely choking in big fights, very frustrating. Time to retire”

 From the reactions of the fans, it is clear they didn’t enjoy the in-fight antics of the former UFC star. What do you make of the former UFC star’s performance? Let us know in the comments section below.

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