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Rivalries: Yoel Romero

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Perhaps no fighter in mixed martial arts history was blessed with more physical talent than Yoel Romero.

The two-time Olympic wrestler turned to MMA as a 32-year-old in 2009, won four of his first five fights—a technical knockout loss to Rafael Cavalcante was the lone outlier—and arrived in the Ultimate Fighting Championship a little more than three years after he made his professional debut.