{"id":371194,"date":"2020-12-16T06:39:56","date_gmt":"2020-12-16T14:39:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=371194"},"modified":"2020-12-16T06:39:56","modified_gmt":"2020-12-16T14:39:56","slug":"yoel-romero-says-bellator-debut-against-anthony-johnson-is-a-huge-possibility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/bellator\/yoel-romero-says-bellator-debut-against-anthony-johnson-is-a-huge-possibility\/","title":{"rendered":"Yoel Romero says Bellator debut against Anthony Johnson is “a huge possibility”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former UFC middleweight title challenger Yoel Romero says there’s “a huge possibility” he’ll fight Anthony Johnson in his Bellator debut<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Romero and Johnson both called the UFC home for many years, however, both fighters recently landed on the Bellator roster.<\/p>\n

Johnson was the first to sign with the Viacom-owned promotion. His Bellator move came after he and the UFC failed to come to an agreement with respect to his plans to return to the cage after a period of retirement.<\/p>\n

Romero, meanwhile, was released by the UFC earlier this month in a development that came as a shock to most fans. While it was initially reported that Bellator was uninterested in signing the former Olympic wrestler, the promotion ultimately changed its tune and added him to its roster.<\/p>\n

Since Romero and Johnson signed with Bellator, many fans have been drooling over the possibility of their meeting in their respective debuts.<\/p>\n

Romero, for his part, seems to think that’s a very likely possibility.<\/p>\n

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Might not have to wait very long for Romero x Rumble 😳<\/p>\n

(via @arielhelwani<\/a>) pic.twitter.com\/x4FMvXVtHj<\/a><\/p>\n

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