UFC fighter Yoel Romero received $27.5 million in a lawsuit versusGold Star Performance Products after a New Jersey court determined that the company made a tainted supplement that caused a failed drug test and led to a six-month suspension from the USADA in April 2016.
Romero's manager, Abraham Kawa, and lawyer, Howard Jacobs, delivered the news to ESPN's Ariel Helwani (h/t Jack Baer of Yahoo Sports).
Per Baer, "Romero was reportedly rewarded $3 million each for lost wages, reputable harm and emotional damage, then had all of that [multiplied] by three because of New Jersey's Consumer Fraud Act.