the trilogy between Ben Rothwell and Andrei Arlovski<\/a> \u2014 is not scheduled until Feb. 7 in Philadelphia. In addition, the promotion already has a replacement, suggesting \u201cSoldier of God\u201d was scratched long before today\u2019s announcement.<\/p>\nReplacing Romero is Bellator MMA veteran David \u201cThe Redneck\u201d Lundell.<\/p>\n
\u201cUnfortunately I have to withdraw from my scheduled fight against Lorenzo Hunt at KnuckleMania VI due to a very strong strain of the flu,\u201d someone claiming to be Romero said in today\u2019s release. \u201cDuring my weight cut for RAF I felt my immune system was low and I was feeling very weak. A few days after my January 10th RAF match I started to experience severe flu symptoms. I am extremely disappointed but I\u2019ve been unable to train and I need to make my health a priority. I look forward to returning to action to face Lorenzo Hunt at a later date.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m pissed that Yoel Romero chickened out of the fight at the last minute,\u201d said former opponent, Lorenzo Hunt. \u201cBut in honesty, he was a fool to accept the fight with me in the first place in his golden years. I heard somewhere that Cuba has free medical care. He was gonna need it. I honestly don\u2019t care who they put in there with me. It\u2019s my time. I am the best bare-knuckle fighter in the world, anyone who stands across from me at this point in my life will be hospitalized, I guarantee it.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s unfortunate that Yoel Romero has taken ill and is unable to compete at KnuckleMania VI,\u201d said David Feldman, Founder and President of BKFC. \u201cHowever, Lorenzo Hunt versus David Mundell is an iconic clash between two of the very best bare-knuckle fighters in the world and two of the most accomplished in our company. Fans should expect an explosive battle with fireworks from the opening bell.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hunt vs. Lundell will be a non-title catchweight bout staged at 199 pounds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Yoel Romero \u201cfell ill\u201d and was forced to withdraw from KnuckleMania 6. It must be pretty serious, since…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":441475,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,34465,786,40762,785,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-441474","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mma","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-bare-knuckle-boxing","11":"tag-fighting","12":"tag-latest-ufc-mma-news","13":"tag-mma","14":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/441474","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=441474"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/441474\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/441475"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=441474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=441474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=441474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}