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Yoel Romero reveals how a 14-year-old Khabib Nurmagomedov watched him wrestle in Dagestan

Before he was a UFC title contender, Yoel Romero was a force of nature on the international wrestling team when he represented his home country of Cuba.

The now 42-year-old middleweight is a former Olympic silver medalist in freestyle wrestling and he’s one of the only people in the world to hold multiple wins over American wrestling great Cael Sanderson.

So it’s safe to say Romero knows a thing or two about wrestling, which is why he might be the foremost expert on the best grapplers in the sport. While there are plenty of high-level wrestlers currently competing in the UFC, lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov is one of the best takedown artists on the entire roster.