Liborio: Romero is the best athlete at ATT
Ricardo Liborio: “He can wrestle, strike well and is very good on the ground. Yoel Romero may be the very best athlete we have at American Top Team.”
As the head coach of American Top Team, Ricardo Liborio is surrounded by world class athletes and fighters, but according to him, UFC Fight Night 70 main event fighter Yoel Romero might just be the best athlete in the gym:
“There is something special about him, the way he learns things. He is so smart, and so you rarely see him get seriously hurt. He takes a lot of time to develop his conditioning.”
That conditioning allows Romero to use his skills to the fullest, with a pressuring style. At the end of the day, Liborio says, it is that aggressive style that will give the “Soldier of God” his openings and hand him the win over Machida.
“There are so many ways for him to win this fight,” he says.
“Pressure is the No. 1 thing, though. Machida is the kind of guy that you can’t let him dictate the pace. Every time you see him lose, it is off of being pressured. If you don’t pressure him, Machida will rise above. Pressure is something very important, but at the same time Yoel’s wrestling is at a different level. He can wrestle, strike well and is very good on the ground. Yoel Romero may be the very best athlete we have at American Top Team.”