Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2024-06-01, mma bout not so exciting: Jailton Almeida vs Alexander Romanov gets two stars (take a look at our ranking of the Best Mma Fights of 2024).Romanov vs Almeida is scheduled to take place Saturday, June 1st, at the Prudential Center in Newark (New Jersey, United States), in a 3-round heavyweight (265 lbs, 120 kg) bout; it is on the undercard of Islam Makhachev vs Dustin Poirier – UFC 302. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Jailton Almeida record
The the black belt in Bjj Jailton Almeida entered this fight with a professional record of 20-3-0 (95% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.8 heavyweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Jon Jones).
In his last three fights he has defeated Jairzinho Rozenstruik (Jairzinho Rozenstruik vs Jailton Almeida) and Derrick Lewis (Jailton Almeida vs Derrick Lewis) but then he has lost to Curtis Blaydes (Curtis Blaydes vs Jailton Almeida).
Alexander Romanov record
His opponent, Alexander Romanov, has a mma record of 17-2-0 (88% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.21 in the heavyweight division.
He lost two consecutive bouts between 2022 and 2023, against Marcin Tybura (via majority decision (Marcin Tybura vs Alexander Romanov) and against Alexander Volkov (Alexander Volkov vs Alexander Romanov) but then he came back to win with Blagoy Ivanov in July 2023 (Blagoy Ivanov vs Alexander Romanov).
Fight card
Here is the UFC 302 full fight card (we are going to update it after the weigh-in):
MAIN CARD (live on ESPN PPV)
Islam Makhachev vs Dustin Poirier
Sean Strickland vs Paulo Costa
Kevin Holland vs Michal Oleksiejczuk
Alex Morono vs Niko Price
Randy Brown vs Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos
PRELIMINARY CARD (live on ESPN 2/ ESPN+)
Roman Kopylov vs Cesar Almeida
Jailton Almeida vs Alexander Romanov
Grant Dawson vs Joe Solecki
Philip Rowe vs Jake Matthews
EARLY PRELIMINARY CARD (live on ESPN+ / UFC Fight Pass)
Bassil Hafez vs Mickey Gall
Ailin Perez vs Joselyne Edwards
Andre Lima vs Mitch Raposo
Full fight video / highlights
Here we are going to post a selection of the best videos about the bout Jailton Almeida vs Alexander Romanov 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)
Result
Who won Almeida vs Romanov fight?
Jailton Almeida defeated Alexander Romanov via submission (rear-naked choke) at 2:27, round 1.
Post-fight interview
Listen the words of the winner or the two fighters after their bout, here is the UFC 302 post-fight octagon interview of Jailton Almeida and Alexander Romanov.
