Yoel Romero is an easy fight according to this UFC star.

If you recall, in the main event of the UFC 221 pay-per-view event at Perth Arena in Perth, Australia, Romero was able to score a knockout win over former UFC middleweight champion Luke Rockhold.

There was a dark shadow over the fight due to it originally slated to be for the interim title but that all changed once Romero missed weight.

As a result of this, Rockhold could only win the interim title if he won the fight, which he didn't.

Moving along to his latest fight, Romero missed weight for his rematch against UFC middleweight champion Robert Whittaker in the main event of the UFC 225 pay-per-view event at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois as he originally weighed in at 186 pounds and had two hours to cut to make championship weight.

However, his second attempt had him at 0.2 pounds overweight and ultimately saw him lose to the UFC champion by decision.

It appeared that he would be moving up in weight class but that has changed. Despite the fact that Romero has never fought in the light heavyweight division while under the UFC banner and him being 2-2 in his last four bouts, he was calling for a title shot against UFC heavyweight and light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier.

This fight would have to happen before DC hangs up his gloves come March of 2019 but this fight doesn’t appear to be happening as Romero already has his next fight lined up.

Romero is slated to fight Paulo Costa in a middleweight bout at the upcoming UFC 230 pay-per-view event. There was some talk about Costa fighting Chris Weidman instead but that didn’t work out.

Now, Costa claimed in a recent interview that he believes fighting Romero is an easier fight than taking on the former middleweight champion.

“Actually, the two are very similar, so it does not change the preparation so much,” Costa told AG Fight. “I think Romero is even a bit easier because he is smaller in size and reach. With that, I’ll be able to hit him more easily, I’ll find him more easily.”

The UFC 230 pay-per-view event is set to take place on Saturday, November 3, 2018 at Madison Square Garden in Manhattan, New York City.

The main card will air on pay-per-view at 10 p.m. ET while the preliminary card will air on FOX Sports 1 at 8 p.m. ET and the promotion’s streaming service, UFC Fight Pass.

The promotion will be announcing more bouts for this upcoming event in the coming weeks. In the mean time, here’s the updated card:

David Branch vs. Ronaldo Souza

Luke Rockhold vs. Chris Weidman

Paulo Costa vs. Yoel Romero