UFC Star Yoel Romero Wins Big in Tainted Supplement Lawsuit

Former Cuban Olympian and UFC’s number one middleweight contender Yoel Romero has won a court judgement against a dietary supplement maker after it was concluded that the company was responsible for Romero’s 2015 failed drug test.

Romero was awarded the $27.45 million judgement against Gold Star Performance Products at a New Jersey civil court on Tuesday, although, according to his manager Abe Kawa, it isn’t yet known if the fighter will receive even a penny of the compensation as the supplement company opted against communicating with the court in any regard during the process.

However, Kawa speculated that Romero will see around $5 million once the matter reaches its conclusion.

Romero shared his reaction to the news on social media

God is always good #iseeyousoonboi thank you @Abraham_kawa @FirstRoundMgmt @malkikawa @athleteslawyer #iluhju

— Peoples Champ (@YoelRomeroMMA) May 28, 2019

In January 2018, reports surfaced Romero had officially filed legal action against Gold Stare Performance Products.

Now he’s officially won.

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He looked me in the eyes and said “ Ibra! I don’t do nothing! “ I told him I’d fight with him all the way through. Today we won and we won big, sure $27.45mil is a lot of money and I’d be lying if I said it wasn’t. That was not what we expected going into this thing but as I told @yoelromeromma after, God is always good and always on time! So we stopped and he got himself a watch before we headed back home #frm

A post shared by Abe Kawa (@abrahamkawa) on May 28, 2019 at 3:23pm PDT