UFC has confirmed a late change to UFC 332: Silva vs Wang, removing Bernardo Sopaj from his scheduled bantamweight bout with Marcus McGhee because of injury and replacing him with promotional newcomer Anthony Romero. The rebooked bout will now take place at featherweight rather than the original 135-pound limit. UFC 332 is set for October 3 at Delta Center in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Romero steps in on just three days' notice, according to Yahoo Sports, which independently reported the same withdrawal and replacement. He enters his UFC debut at 7-2 with one no contest. UFC's own update notes he has finished six of his seven career wins. Yahoo Sports adds that Romero has competed mainly for the Los Angeles promotion Up Next Fighting, where he most recently defended the promotion's bantamweight title with a first-round knockout of Yuma Horiuchi.
McGhee, who was already booked for the card, now faces an opponent he has not previously scouted for, on short notice and at a different weight than planned. Neither UFC nor Yahoo Sports detailed why the rebooked bout moved to featherweight rather than staying at bantamweight.
A second change to the card this week
The Sopaj-to-Romero swap is the second confirmed change to the UFC 332 lineup in recent days. UFC separately added a welterweight bout between unbeaten prospect Jacobe Smith and newcomer Bruce Whitehead to the same card. Neither UFC nor Yahoo Sports has said whether further changes to the October 3 lineup are expected before fight night.
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