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Yoel Romero

1977 - Today

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Yoel Romero Palacio (born April 30, 1977) is a Cuban professional mixed martial artist and former freestyle wrestler. He currently competes in the Light Heavyweight division for Bellator MMA. Romero formerly competed in the Middleweight division for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) and was a challenger for the UFC Middleweight Championship. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yoel Romero has received more than 8,768,687 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Yoel Romero is the 78th most popular martial arts (up from 79th in 2019), the 159th most popular biography from Cuba (down from 152nd in 2019) and the most popular Cuban Martial Arts.

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  • 8.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 41.14

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.45

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.69

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MARTIAL ARTS

Among martial arts, Yoel Romero ranks 78 out of 179Before him are Khamzat Chimaev, Melvin Manhoef, Chuck Liddell, Alex Pereira, Ilia Topuria, and Bobby Lashley. After him are Demetrious Johnson, Jan Błachowicz, Michael Bisping, Quinton Jackson, Amanda Nunes, and Cung Le.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1977, Yoel Romero ranks 291Before him are Jasmin, Oksana Baiul, Ana de la Reguera, Jon Abrahams, Johann Urb, and Tugan Sokhiev. After him are Guzel Yakhina, Jacky Ido, Daniel Andersson, Owusu Benson, Adam Saitiev, and Martin Laursen.

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In Cuba

Among people born in Cuba, Yoel Romero ranks 159 out of 300Before him are Tomás Herrera Martínez (1950), Héctor Rodríguez (1951), José Tapia (1905), Silvio Leonard (1955), Raúl Rivero (1945), and Emilio Correa (1953). After him are Danay García (1984), Dayron Robles (1986), Maritza Martén (1963), José Gómez Mustelier (1959), Wilfredo León (1993), and Tania Bruguera (1968).

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Among MARTIAL ARTS In Cuba

Among martial arts born in Cuba, Yoel Romero ranks 1After him are Legna Verdecia (1972), Ángel Matos (1976), and Héctor Lombard (1978).