Tag: Yoel Romero

Mike Perry duets with Yoel Romero, $25K Roshambo and Jon Jones: Dirty Boxing Championship behind the scenes

From Mike Perry singing with Yoel Romero to Jon Jones overseeing $25,000 Roshambo bets, a lot was going on between knockouts in Florida.

[autotag]Jon Jone[/autotag]s, [autotag]Mike Perry[/autotag] and [autotag]Yoel Romero[/autotag] walk into a bar…

OK, so they didn’t walk into a bar, but while you’re imagining the wild scenarios that hypothetical situation would produce, those three unique personalities popularized in MMA were all present for the inaugural Dirty Boxing Championship at an “undisclosed location” in Florida.

Perry’s new fight promotion brings a unique set of boxing rules that allows for MMA elements such as ground-and-pound and elbows. The fights produced a number of wild finishes, including Romero’s devastating knockout in the main event.

Perhaps more interesting than what happened inside the custom Dirty Boxing Championship ring, is what went down behind the scenes. The private event’s guest list featured a number of familiar faces, including UFC heavyweight champ Jones, Paige VanZant, and many others.

In a behind-the-scenes video of the event, Perry was seen singing Gnarls Barkley’s “Crazy” with Romero, Jones oversaw a $25,000 Roshambo battle, and of course, video of the knockouts inside the ring along with the aftermath of the winning and losing sides.

Check out the video above.

Yoel Romero def. Duane Crespo at Dirty Boxing Championship: Best photos

Check out the best photos from Yoel Romero’s brutal knockout of Duane Crespo at Dirty Boxing Championship.

Check out the best photos from [autotag]Yoel Romero[/autotag]’s first-round knockout over [autotag]Duane Crespo[/autotag] at Dirty Boxing Championship in Miami. (Photos courtesy of Dirty Boxing Championship)

Video: Yoel Romero scores violent knockout at Mike Perry’s Dirty Boxing Championship inaugural event

Yoel Romero is still dangerous at 47 years old, and he showed it with a violent knockout at Mike Perry’s Dirty Boxing Championship event.

[autotag]Yoel Romero[/autotag] still is dangerous at 47, and he showed it in the main event of [autotag]Mike Perry[/autotag]’s Dirty Boxing Championship event on Saturday.

After former UFC fighter and BKFC star Perry unveiled plans for his own promotion earlier this year, Dirty Boxing Championship put on its inaugural card Friday with a private event in Miami that was barely promoted and did not stream online.

The likes of UFC heavyweight champion Jon Jones, Power Slap’s Paige VanZant and more were ringside for the eight-fight card, which features a ruleset that allows punches and elbows from the clinch, as well as strikes on a downed opponent.

Former UFC and Bellator title challenger Romero headlined, and he quickly dismantled an overmatched Duane Crespo, who folded after a huge punch early in the opening round of the heavyweight contest.

It was Romero’s first combat sports bout since he defeated Thiago Santos at a PFL event in February, and he’s disappeared from the scene in recent months. He re-emerged looking in ridiculous shape for the bout with Crespo, and proved he still packs a heck of a punch with the highlight-reel knockout.

“I told everyone this was going to be something special and goddamn I was not wrong,” Perry said of the event in a press release. “I knew these rules would make for crazy fights. Every single one of them was a banger. Things got dirty in there for real. We’ve worked super hard on this for a long time now and I couldn’t be happier with how this event turned out. I am 100 percent positive now that fight fans are going to love this.”

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Check out complete results from Dirty Boxing Championship below:

  • Yoel Romero def. Duane Crespo via knockout – Round 1
  • Solomon Renfro def. Jeremiah Truhlar via unanimous decision
  • Rob Perez def. Fabio Cherant via knockout – Round 1
  • Maike Linhares def. Eddie Perez Bruno via unanimous decision
  • Anvar Boynazarov def. Thiago Belo via knockout – Round 2
  • Corey Jackson def. Chris Burton via knockout – Round 2
  • Claudia Zamora def. Monica Medina via knockout – Round 1
  • Guilherme Bastos def. Tyler Scott via decision

Yoel Romero books last-minute fight at Mike Perry’s Dirty Boxing Championship

Former UFC title challenger Yoel Romero books last-minute fight for Saturday’s Dirty Boxing Championship.

[autotag]Yoel Romero[/autotag] is fighting this weekend. Yes, you read right.

The former multiple-time UFC title challenger returns to action this Saturday in Miami, Fla., at Dirty Boxing Championship – a striking promotion owned by Mike Perry. Romero’s return didn’t fly under the radar; the promotion literally announced the fight on Friday evening, hours before the event.

Romero, 47, is set to take on former Power Slap athlete [autotag]Duane Crespo[/autotag] in a heavyweight contest. MMA Junkie confirmed the details of the bout with Dirty Boxing.

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Dirty Boxing Championship bouts are composed of three – or five, if it’s a main event – three-minute rounds. Fighters fight with 5oz gloves, with elbows being permitted.

Romero competes in his first bout since defeating Thiago Santos in a light heavyweight bout on the PFL vs. Bellator card in February. His contractual standing with PFL at the time of this writing is unknown.

Romero, a silver medalist in wrestling on the 2000 Olympics, most notably fought for the UFC title in three different occasions, coming up short in decisions to Robert Whittaker (twice), and Israel Adesanya. He also fought for the Bellator light heavyweight belt, losing to then champion Vadim Nemkov by decision in 2023.

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Photos: UFC, Bellator stars throw out first pitch at MLB games

Check out these photos highlighting UFC stars past and present who threw out the first pitch at MLB games – and hopefully didn’t embarrass themselves.

Check out these photos highlighting UFC and Bellator stars past and present – including Jon Jones, Anderson Silva, Francis Ngannou, Stipe Miocic, Paige VanZant, and more – who threw out the first pitch at MLB games … and hopefully didn’t embarrass themselves.

Yoel Romero faces Owen Livesey in openweight grappling match at Polaris 28

Yoel Romero will stay active by competing in a grappling match.

[autotag]Yoel Romero[/autotag] will stay active by competing in a grappling match.

Olympic silver medalist wrestler Romero faces Commonwealth Judo champion [autotag]Owen Livesey[/autotag] in an openweight submission grappling match at Polaris 28 (UFC Fight Pass), which takes place June 15 in Doncaster, England. Promotion officials announced the matchup Thursday.

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PFL light heavyweight Romero competed in a submission grappling match against Chris Barnett at Dean Toole Promotions in 2019. Romero submitted the UFC heavyweight by Round 1 kimura.

Livesey faced former UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman at Polaris 23 in March 2023, defeating him by unanimous decision.

PFL vs. Bellator: Champions live and official results

Check out the full results of PFL vs. Bellator: Champions which takes place at Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

PFL vs. Bellator: Champions took place Saturday and MMA Junkie provided coverage of live and official results throughout the entire card.

The event featured PFL fighters vs. Bellator fighters at Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Champions of both promotions clashed in the main and co-main bouts. The main event was a heavyweight bout between PFL’s [autotag]Renan Ferreira[/autotag] and Bellator’s [autotag]Ryan Bader[/autotag]. Middleweights battled in the co-feature as PFL’s [autotag]Impa Kasanganay[/autotag] took on Bellator’s [autotag]Johnny Eblen[/autotag].

The 11-fight event featured several notable names including [autotag]Yoel Romero[/autotag], [autotag]A.J. McKee[/autotag], [autotag]Aaron Pico[/autotag], [autotag]Claressa Shields[/autotag], and the pro debut of Muhammad Ali’s grandson [autotag]Biaggio Ali Walsh[/autotag].

Check out the official results, details and highlight clips from each bout below.

Yoel Romero def. Thiago Santos at PFL vs. Bellator: Champions: Best photos

Check out these photos from Yoel Romero vs. Thiago Santos, which took place on the main card of PFL vs. Bellator: Champions in Saudi Arabia.

Check out these photos from [autotag]Yoel Romero[/autotag]’s unanimous decision victory over Thiago Santos at PFL vs. Bellator: Champions, which took place at Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (Photos courtesy of PFL)

UFC veterans in MMA, karate and kickboxing action Feb. 22-25

Check out which veterans of the UFC are competing in combat sports across the globe this weekend.

This week, the UFC returns to Mexico for UFC Fight Night 237.

The event at Mexico City Arena in Mexico City features a flyweight clash between former champion [autotag]Brandon Moreno[/autotag] and [autotag]Brandon Royval[/autotag].

Many other combat sports events are taking place that feature several familiar names that have competed under the UFC banner.

Check out which veterans of the global MMA leader are competing Feb. 22-25.

Scroll below to see how the UFC veterans fared last week, and see the names and details of this weekend’s competitors.

Upcoming event information from Tapology.

Matchup Roundup: New UFC, PFL, Bellator fights announced in the past week (Jan. 15-21)

Check out the UFC, PFL, and Bellator fights that were first reported or confirmed by MMA Junkie in the past week.

MMA fight announcements are hard to follow. With so many outlets and channels available, it’s nearly impossible to organize.

But here at MMA Junkie, we’ve got your back.

Each week, we’ll compile all the newly surfaced fights in one spot. Every Monday, expect a feature listing everything you might have missed from the UFC, PFL, and Bellator.

Here are the fight announcements that were broken or confirmed by MMA Junkie or officially announced by the promotions from Jan. 15-21.