Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2024-02-24, disappointing mma bout: Yoel Romero Palacio vs Thiago Santos gets two stars.Santos vs Romero is scheduled to take place Saturday, February 24th, at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh (Saudi Arabia), in a 3-round light heavyweight (205 lbs, 93 kg) bout; it is on the undercard of Ryan Bader vs Renan Ferreira – PFL vs Bellator CHAMPS. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Yoel Romerorecord
The former Olympian wrestler Yoel Romero Palacio entered this fight with a mma record of 15-7-0 (87% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission) and he is ranked as the No.12 light heavyweight in the world.
He won just two out of his last seven fights, against Alex Polizzi (Yoel Romero Palacio vs Alex Polizzi) and Melvin Manhoef (Yoel Romero Palacio vs Melvin Manhoef), after this match he has lost to Vadim Nemkov (Vadim Nemkov vs Yoel Romero Palacio).
Thiago Santos record
His opponent, the black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu Thiago Santos, has an official record of 22-11-0 (73% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.13 in the light heavyweight division.
Thiago ‘Marreta’ won just one out of his last seven bouts, against Johnny Walker in October 2021 (Thiago Santos vs Johnny Walker), after this fight he has collected two defeats, with Magomed Ankalaev (Thiago Santos vs Magomed Ankalaev) and Jamahal Hill (Thiago Santos vs Jamahal Hill), and one no-contest, against Rob Wilkinson (Thiago Santos vs Rob Wilkinson).
But if you want to watch Santos’ best fights, here is one match we rated with 4 stars in 2015: Thiago Santos vs Steve Bosse.
Fight card
Here is the PFL vs Bellator CHAMPS ORRR Bader vs Ferreira full fight card (we are going to update it after the weigh-in):
MAIN CARD (live on ESPN+ PPV / DAZN PPV)
Ryan Bader vs Renan Ferreira
Johnny Eblen vs Impa Kasanganay
Jason Jackson vs Ray Cooper III
Vadim Nemkov vs Bruno Cappelozza
Yoel Romero vs Thiago Santos
AJ McKee vs Clay Collard
PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPNews / ESPN+)
Aaron Pico vs Henry Corrales
Biaggio Ali Walsh vs Emmanuel Palacio
Claressa Shields vs Kelsey De Santis
Abdullah Al-Qahtani vs Edukondala Rao
Malik Basahel vs Vinicius Pereira
Full fight video / highlights
Here we are going to post a selection of the best videos about the bout Yoel Romero Palacio vs Thiago Santos as soon as the match ends. If you have seen the full fight you can rate it at the bottom of this post. (All videos are hosted on free video platforms such as Youtube, Dailymotion, Facebook, etc. and not uploaded by AllTheBestFights.com)
Official video
Result
Who won Romero vs Santos fight?
Yoel Romero defeated Thiago Santos via unanimous decision. Scores were 30–27, 30–27, 29–28.
