MMA community reacts to Yoel Romero’s KO of Chris Weidman

On the main card of UFC 205, top ranked UFC middleweight Yoel Romero made his triumphant return to the Octagon following a suspension.

While Romero appeared to have lost the first round, he appeared to have found his rhythm in the second as he began to utilize his elite level wrestling more and more. In the third round, Romero landed a brutal flying knee that instantly knocked Weidman out, opening up a massive cut on the side of Weidman’s head that poured blood out on the Octagon. With the win, Romero is now the middleweight #1 contender and has earned himself a crack at Michael Bisping’s middleweight championship.

Immediately following the devastating KO, Twitter went wild reacting to the KO.

Brutalllll #UFC205noCombate #UFC205

— Erick Silva (@ErickSilvaMMA) November 13, 2016

OMGGGGGGGGG

— Jake Ellenberger (@EllenbergerMMA) November 13, 2016

Ohhhhhhh shiiiiiiitttt

— Matt Brown (@IamTheImmortal) November 13, 2016

Ooooooo fuck

— Neil 2 Tap Seery (@NeilSeeryMMA) November 13, 2016

The sound of that was crazy! #UFC205

— Jerome-Max Holloway (@BlessedMMA) November 13, 2016

Wow 😳 #UFC205 #UFCNYC #MSG

— Raphael Assuncao (@RaphaAssuncao) November 13, 2016

Wow. What a KO from @YoelRomeroMMA

— Ian McCall (@Unclecreepymma) November 13, 2016

Holy crap. Weidman out and gushing blood. #ufc205

— The Spartan (@EliasTheodorou) November 13, 2016

March how ever you want. That is a bad dude.

— Brian Stann (@BrianStann) November 13, 2016

Holy shit. #UFC205

— Dan Hardy (@danhardymma) November 13, 2016

😱 Weidman's leaking like a busted pipe! #ufc205

— Yves Edwards (@thugjitsumaster) November 13, 2016

There is no athlete better in the entire @Ufc than @YoelRomeroMMA

— Daniel Cormier (@dc_mma) November 13, 2016

Actions speak louder than words

— Cub Swanson (@CubSwanson) November 13, 2016

Ouch 😁#UFC205

— Paddy Holohan (@PaddyHolohanMMA) November 13, 2016