Yoel "The Soldier of God" Romero smashed his way to victory in Hollywood, Florida on Saturday night at the expense of Lyoto "The Dragon" Machida. The latter was able to elude the power of Romero for the first round, but in the second, the soldier of God secured the takedown and launched an assault of elbows that knocked Machida out cold.
Todd Grisham of ESPN validated Romero's performance:
Romero knocks Machida out cold with elbows. Wow! He's for real. @ufc
— Todd Grisham (@GrishamESPN) June 28, 2015
Machida showed great respect for Romero's power early on.