Top 5 pure athletes in the UFC today

#3 Yoel ‘Soldier of God’ Romero

Yoel Romero is a former world champion wrestler, Olympic Silver medalist in wrestling and older brother of former IBF and Ring magazine Cruiserweight champion Yoan Pablo Hernandez. It’s safe to say that athleticism runs in his family bloodline, with Romero rising to the elite level in the sport of MMA, despite making his debut fairly late in his athletic career at 31 years of age.

Apart from being one of the best in the sport of wrestling for several years, he made the transition to the cage in 2009, trucking through the Strikeforce and eventually the UFC roster. Now although his wrestling is the most polished weapon in his arsenal, Romero’s stand-up skills are not to be taken lightly as the ‘Soldier of God’ has trained alongside his pro-boxer brother since childhood.

Besides, when you couple the Olympic-level wrestling and Cuban-funky boxing with the downright scary athleticism he possesses, what you get is lightning fast takedowns and flying knee knockouts...cough...Chris Weidman.

With a competitive background as strong as Yoel’s it doesn’t come as much of a surprise when the 39-year old UFC Middleweight effortlessly cartwheels his way across the Octagon. That brings us to the UFC’s speed monster...