Yoel Romero and Hector Lombard will step within the cage, and take off the gloves for an MMA bout.
Jorge Masvidal introduced throughout Friday night time’s Gamebred Bareknuckle MMA occasion within the Dominican Republic that Romero and Lombard will compete on the promotion’s subsequent occasion on May 1 in Miami. Both fighters had been in attendance for the occasion, however in accordance with the printed, Romero and Lombard remained within the crowd due to worry the 2 would begin “fighting each other” within the cage.
Romero has saved himself fairly busy over the previous couple of years in non-traditional blended martial arts bouts — competing a number of instances for Dirty Boxing, together with bouts in BKFC and different bare-knuckle boxing organizations, and in addition competing in wrestling matches for RAF. “Soldier of God” most not too long ago misplaced a controversial resolution to Vagab Vagabov at IBA Bare Knuckle 4 in March, however the UFC and Bellator veteran is out to show he’s nonetheless as harmful as ever, at the same time as he’s about to show 49 years of age.
Lombard has additionally competed in a slew of bare-knuckle matchups — together with capturing a BKFC title — over the previous few years. The 48-year-old is set to make his second look for Gamebred, the place he picked up a 69 second knockout in his promotional debut in November 2023. In his most up-to-date bout, Lombard suffered a fast knockout at DBX 3 in opposition to James Cannon in a shocking upset this previous August.
