Yoel Romero found himself in front of a microphone after the biggest win of his career. He elected to speak in English – not his first language – and addressed the live Miami crowd and the Fox Sports 1 viewing audience:
“Hey, USA! Hey, Miami! Hey, Florida! Listen people, listen, listen. Listen! What happened to you, USA? What happened to you? What’s going on? You forget the best of the best of the world: the name of Jesus Christ. What happened to you? Wake up, USA! Go, go back for you, go. Go for Jesus.”
And then MMA had its “gold or blue dress” moment: Romero either said “not for gay Jesus people” or “not forget Jesus, people.