Yoel Romero chops down Ras Hylton for late stoppage in first DBX headliner
Yoel Romero had a tall task on his hands Saturday ... literally.
Romero stopped Ras Hylton, all 6-foot-6-inches of him, with a TKO with 34 seconds left in the third round in the headliner of the first official Dirty Boxing Championship event, which took place in South Florida. The custom-rules boxing/MMA hybrid promotion was started by Mike Perry and now counts Jon Jones as a co-owner.
Romero was patient in the first two three-minute rounds trying to figure out his much taller opponent – who rocks a reported size 23 shoe. But in the third, the 47-year-old Cuban touched Hylton up and put him away.
Check out Romero's finish below.
47-year-old Yoel Romero gets the TKO win at #DXB1 with less than 40 seconds remaining in the fight. pic.twitter.com/U78cTLpQvZ
— MMA Junkie (@MMAJunkie) March 23, 2025
After he exited the UFC in 2020 off a title loss to Israel Adesanya, Romero signed with Bellator and went 3-2. He fought for DBX this past November in the promotion's "pilot" event and scored a first-round finish of Duane Crespo.
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