{"id":38016,"date":"2026-04-27T02:45:23","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T02:45:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Hector-Lombard-withdraws-Yoel-Romero-gets-new-foe-at-Gamebred-Bareknuckle-MMA-200973"},"modified":"2026-04-27T02:45:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T02:45:23","slug":"hector-lombard-withdraws-yoel-romero-gets-new-foe-at-gamebred-bareknuckle-mma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/hector-lombard-withdraws-yoel-romero-gets-new-foe-at-gamebred-bareknuckle-mma\/","title":{"rendered":"Hector Lombard withdraws, Yoel Romero gets new foe at Gamebred Bareknuckle MMA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Hector
\nLombard<\/a> has pulled out of his
\nGamebred Bareknuckle MMA 10<\/a> headlining matchup against Yoel
\nRomero<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As a result, Alex
\nNicholson<\/a> will step in and face Romero in a light heavyweight
\nbout on Friday at Unrivaled Arena in Miami. Jorge
\nMasvidal<\/a> recently announced the change via social media. The
\nreason for Lombard\u2019s exit is unclear. Gamebred Bareknuckle MMA 10
\nwill also see Luis
\nPalomino<\/a> square off against Darrell
\nHorcher<\/a> at lightweight in the evening\u2019s co-main event. The card
\nairs free via YouTube with prelims beginning at 7 p.m. ET\/4 p.m. PT
\nfollowed by the main card at 9 p.m. ET\/6 p.m. PT.<\/p>\n

Romero will be making his Gamebred Bareknuckle MMA debut, but he
\nhas competed in a number of different combat sports endeavors in
\nrecent years, including Dirty Boxing, BKFC and Real American
\nFreestyle. Most recently, \u201cSoldier of God\u201d lost a controversial
\ndecision to Vagab
\nVagabov<\/a> at IBA Bare Knuckle 4 in Russia on March 28. A former
\n
\nUFC<\/a> middleweight title challenger, the 48-year-old Romero
\nhasn\u2019t fought standard MMA since a decision win over Thiago
\nSantos<\/a> at a PFL vs. Bellator event in February 2024.<\/p>\n

Nicholson, 35, had stints in both the UFC and
\nProfessional Fighters League<\/a> while compiling a 20-13 mark in
\nhis MMA career overall. \u201cThe Spartan\u201d is 3-2 under the Gamebred
\nBareknuckle banner.<\/p>\n

Updated Gamebred Bareknuckle MMA Lineup<\/h2>\n

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Hector Lombard has pulled out of his Gamebred Bareknuckle MMA 10 headlining matchup against Yoel Romero. As a result, Alex Nicholson will step in and face Romero in a light heavyweight bout on Friday at Unrivaled Arena in Miami. Jorge Masvidal recently announced the change via social media. The reason for Lombard\u2019s exit is unclear. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":38017,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-martial-arts-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38016","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38016"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38016\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}