{"id":635330,"date":"2026-04-29T01:23:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T01:23:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/635330\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T01:23:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T01:23:18","slug":"gamebred-bareknuckle-mma-10-romero-vs-nicholson-card-date","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/635330\/","title":{"rendered":"Gamebred Bareknuckle MMA 10: Romero vs. Nicholson card, date"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yoel Romero has a new opponent for Friday\u2019s Gamebred Bareknuckle MMA 10 main event after Hector Lombard withdrew from their scheduled matchup. Alex Nicholson replaces Lombard in the <a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnews.com\/division\/light-&lt;a href=\" https:=\"\" class=\"internal-link text-bone underline decoration-ash\/30 hover:decoration-gold underline-offset-2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">heavyweight<\/a>\/&#8221; class=&#8221;internal-link text-bone underline decoration-ash\/30 hover:decoration-gold underline-offset-2&#8243;&gt;light heavyweight clash at Unrivaled Arena in Miami, according to a social media post from promotion owner <a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnews.com\/fighter\/jorge-masvidal\/\" class=\"internal-link text-bone underline decoration-ash\/30 hover:decoration-gold underline-offset-2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jorge Masvidal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The reason for Lombard\u2019s pullout remains unclear, per Sherdog. Romero, a 48-year-old former UFC <a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnews.com\/division\/middleweight\/\" class=\"internal-link text-bone underline decoration-ash\/30 hover:decoration-gold underline-offset-2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">middleweight<\/a> title challenger, makes his Gamebred debut coming off a disputed decision loss to Vagab Vagabov at IBA Bare Knuckle 4 in Russia on March 28. Nicholson holds a 3-2 record under the Gamebred banner after posting a 20-13 mark across stints in UFC and PFL.<\/p>\n<p>What to expect from Gamebred Bareknuckle MMA 10<\/p>\n<p>The card still features the opening rounds of 16-man <a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnews.com\/division\/heavyweight\/\" class=\"internal-link text-bone underline decoration-ash\/30 hover:decoration-gold underline-offset-2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">heavyweight<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnews.com\/division\/lightweight\/\" class=\"internal-link text-bone underline decoration-ash\/30 hover:decoration-gold underline-offset-2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">lightweight<\/a> tournaments with $500,000 on the line for each winner, as MMA Mania reports. Luis Palomino meets Darrell Horcher in the lightweight co-main event. Heavyweights Ronny Markes and Fabio Maldonado compete on a main card that also includes lightweights Kurt Holobaugh and Jordan Griffin.<\/p>\n<p>The prelims begin at 7 p.m. ET with the main card following at 9 p.m. ET. The entire broadcast streams free on YouTube. Romero has dabbled in multiple bareknuckle and alternative striking formats since his last standard MMA appearance, a decision win over Thiago Santos at a PFL vs. Bellator event in February 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Marcos Rogerio de Lima faces Tafon Nchukwi in another heavyweight tournament bout while Brandon Girtz takes on John Teixeira at lightweight. The full card includes 11 main-card matchups and three prelim fights, though the lineup remains subject to change.<\/p>\n<p class=\"image-credit\">Photo: \u042d\u0440\u043a\u0435\u043a \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Yoel_Romero.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Wikimedia Commons<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/publicdomain\/zero\/1.0\/deed.en\" rel=\"license nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CC0<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"sources-heading\">Original reporting:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Yoel Romero has a new opponent for Friday\u2019s Gamebred Bareknuckle MMA 10 main event after Hector Lombard withdrew&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":635331,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[49,48,641,638,82],"class_list":["post-635330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-fighting","tag-mma","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/635330","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=635330"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/635330\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/635331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=635330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=635330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=635330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}