In a fun main event, Phil Davis managed to get past Yoel Romero via split decision at Bellator 266 in San Jose. Romero really didn’t deserve a scorecard out of that fight as he was clearly beaten, but luckily the right man was declared the winner. On Twitter, fighters and other members of the MMA community reacted to the match.
Yoel is sweating his butt off in the back warming up for the fight !
— Platinum Mike Perry (@PlatinumPerry) September 19, 2021
Yoel’s physique finally starting to show signs of age. Looks like his body fat might be all the way up to 6, even 7% at this point.
— Ben Fowlkes (@benfowlkesMMA) September 19, 2021
Yoel waste a lot of movements
— Mike “Biggie” Rhodes (@TeamRocBiggie) September 19, 2021
20-18 Davis. Third-round Yoel Romero, it’s your time to shine …
— Nick Baldwin (@NickBaldwinMMA) September 19, 2021
Fun round. More entertaining that I anticipated. 20-18 Davis
— caposa (@Grabaka_Hitman) September 19, 2021
Phil Davis out here running up the takedown stats on Romero in the third. I can’t hate on that strategy.
— Ben Fowlkes (@benfowlkesMMA) September 19, 2021
This is the Phil Davis we all thought he could be !
— Derek Brunson (@DerekBrunson) September 19, 2021
Welp. Davis didn’t even let Third Round Yoel happen. This sounded like a rough fight for Romero on paper and Davis had him outgunned everywhere.
— caposa (@Grabaka_Hitman) September 19, 2021
That judge is criminal ! 29-28 Romero tf ….
— Derek Brunson (@DerekBrunson) September 19, 2021
That was actually one of the more fun Phil Davis wins I’ve seen in years. And Yoel Romero didn’t just stand there, so that’s good too.
— Ben Fowlkes (@benfowlkesMMA) September 19, 2021
