LOS ANGELES – Yoel Romero ’s back-to-back weight misses have caused concern for his future as a middleweight, but don’t count him among those with worries about his weight this week. Romero (13-4 MMA, 9-3 UFC) will challenge for the middleweight title once again when he takes on champion Israel Adesanya at UFC 248 on Friday. The Cuban challenger is confident he will make weight for the bout. Romero’s first weight miss came at UFC 221 when he stepped in on short notice to take on Luke Rockhold for the interim middleweight title. Although he knocked out the former champion, Romero was not eligible to win the title after he missed weight by 2.7 pounds. The weigh-in woes continued at UFC 225 when he missed championship weight by 0.2 pounds for his rematch with then-middleweight champion Robert Whittaker
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