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Yoel Romero at the age of 40 will seek to become interim Ultimate Fighting Championship middleweight champion in the UFC 221 main event on Saturday in Perth, Australia. However, the most notable time-related aspect of Romero’s career is not his age but how long he has been fighting. Romero has only been competing professionally as a fighter for a little over eight years.