Split decision. 2 of 3 judges scored the bout for Yoel Romero; Lester Griffin had it for Jacare Souza.
Scorecards as recorded by PropSports round data · source ↗ · fighter attribution derived from the recorded result, not assumed from score order · how this is built
Fight progression reconstructed from verified round-level observations.
Pace is significant strikes landed per minute of observed round time. A round with no recorded observation is left empty rather than drawn as zero.
| Round | Fighter | KD | Sig. str. | Total | TD | Sub | Ctrl | Head | Body | Leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R1 |
| Yoel Romero |
| 1 |
| 27/57 |
| 30/61 |
| 0/0 |
| 0 |
| 1:45 |
| 26 |
| 1 |
| 0 |
| Jacare Souza | 0 | 5/16 | 5/16 | 0/0 | 0 | 0:00 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| R2 | Yoel Romero | 0 | 6/14 | 6/14 | 0/1 | 0 | 0:05 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Jacare Souza | 0 | 7/13 | 7/13 | 0/4 | 0 | 0:08 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| R3 | Yoel Romero | 0 | 13/21 | 20/29 | 0/0 | 0 | 0:08 | 9 | 2 | 2 |
| Jacare Souza | 0 | 18/23 | 30/38 | 1/3 | 0 | 2:25 | 12 | 5 | 1 |
