{"id":308515,"date":"2019-04-03T21:50:09","date_gmt":"2019-04-04T04:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=308515"},"modified":"2019-04-03T21:54:48","modified_gmt":"2019-04-04T04:54:48","slug":"report-yoel-romero-out-of-ufc-fort-lauderdale-main-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/report-yoel-romero-out-of-ufc-fort-lauderdale-main-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Report | Yoel Romero Out of UFC Fort Lauderdale Main Event"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/agfight.com.br\/doente-romero-deixa-luta-e-jacare-fica-sem-oponente-para-o-ufc-miami\/\">According to a report from Brazilian media outlet AgFight<\/a>, Yoel Romero is out of the UFC Fort Lauderdale main event due to an illness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The report states that Romero contracted pneumonia in the weeks leading up to the fight, causing him to withdraw from his headlining bout against Ronaldo &#8220;Jacare&#8221; Souza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The report states that Souza has been left opponentless, and it is unknown at this time whether he&#8217;ll remain on the card.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The bout between Romero and Jacare was going to be a rematch of their split decision bout at UFC 194 in late 2015. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yoel Romero has not fought since June, when he engaged in a &#8220;Fight of the Year&#8221; candidate against champion Robert Whittaker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following a split decision loss to Kelvin Gastelum, &#8220;Jacare&#8221; rebounded in a major way at UFC 230 in November, knocking out Chris Weidman to earn &#8220;Fight of the Night&#8221; honors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"pt\" dir=\"ltr\">Doente, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/YoelRomeroMMA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@YoelRomeroMMA<\/a> deixa luta e <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JacareMMA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JacareMMA<\/a> fica sem oponente para o UFC Miami <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EbPAMyVUw9\">https:\/\/t.co\/EbPAMyVUw9<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Ag. 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