UFC middleweight Yoel Romero is a product of Cuba’s athletic development program. With the state’s help, he found wrestling and went on to become an Olympic silver medalist in the sport. At first, though, he didn’t want to get on the mats. “I used to hide,” said Romero, who spoke to MMAjunkie Radio about the “pyramid” of training programs used to develop young athletes in the communist country
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As a kid, UFC 178′s Yoel Romero ran away from wrestling, wanted judo – MMA Junkie