{"id":767750,"date":"2026-05-02T07:58:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T07:58:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/767750\/"},"modified":"2026-05-02T07:58:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T07:58:17","slug":"highlights-49-year-old-yoel-romero-shatters-opponents-jaw-in-gamebred-bareknuckle-mma-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/767750\/","title":{"rendered":"Highlights! 49-year-old Yoel Romero shatters opponent\u2019s jaw in Gamebred Bareknuckle MMA debut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Yoel Romero squared off versus Alex Nicholson <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/bare-knuckle-boxing-results-rules-ppv\/439503\/hector-lombard-out-of-gamebred-bareknuckle-mma-main-event-spartan-steps-in-to-face-yoel-romero\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(not Hector Lombard)<\/a> earlier this morning (Fri., May 1, 2026) for Jorge Masvidal\u2019s Gamebred Bareknuckle MMA promotion from inside Unrivaled Arena in Miami, Florida.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">In the later stages of Romero\u2019s career, the Cuban has been known for both explosive knockouts and the occasional staring contest. Fortunately, there was no waiting around here! Nicholson went after Romero, who countered his aggression with multiple takedowns. On the second takedown, Romero was able to unleash a few ground strikes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">At first glance, they didn\u2019t look like massive connections. However, the shots quickly forced Nicholson \u2014 a former UFC fighter and longtime combat sports veteran \u2014 to tap to strikes. Moments later, it became apparent that Romero\u2019s ground strikes broke Nicholson\u2019s jaw, forcing the end of the contest in just over a minute.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Check out the video highlights below:<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Nicholson is not a world-class fighter, but he\u2019s experienced and has thrown down with plenty of tough fighters even at Heavyweight. For Romero to run through him in roughly a minute at this age? \u201cThe Soldier Of God\u201d is a truly remarkable, one of a kind athlete. Whether it\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/ncaa-wrestling-news-and-results\/411193\/highlights-ageless-yoel-romero-tech-falls-pat-downey-calls-out-bo-nickal-real-american-freestyle-4\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BKFC, RAF, or Gamebred MMA<\/a>, Romero remains a must-watch attraction.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\"><strong>For complete Gamebred Bareknuckle MMA results, coverage, and highlights click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/latest-news\/440277\/live-watch-gamebred-bareknuckle-mma-youtube-video-stream-romero-vs-nicholson\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">HERE<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Yoel Romero squared off versus Alex Nicholson (not Hector Lombard) earlier this morning (Fri., May 1, 2026) for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":767751,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[275963,80360,314936,62,80361,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-767750","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-bare-knuckle-boxing","9":"tag-latest-ufc-mma-news","10":"tag-regional-mma-news-results","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-ufc-videos","13":"tag-united-states","14":"tag-unitedstates","15":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116503924433428163","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/767750","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=767750"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/767750\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/767751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=767750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=767750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=767750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}