Yoel Romero is injured and leaves Ronaldo Jacaré without an opponent at UFC on FOX 15

Y. Romero (photo) injured his knee and is out of the fight against R. Jacaré. Photo: Josh Hedges/UFC

The witch of injuries returned to haunt the UFC on the eve of an important event. The Cuban Yoel romero, who would face the Brazilian Ronaldo Jacare at UFC on FOX 15, on the 18th, he injured his knee and is out of action. The winner of this fight was expected to fight for the middleweight title against the winner of Chris Weidman against Vitor belfort, who measure forces at UFC 187.

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The postponement of the duel cancels the expected clash for the second time. Initially, the fight was scheduled for UFC 184, in February, but the Brazilian contracted pneumonia and had to ask for the duel to be postponed.

The UFC has not yet commented on the case. It is not yet known whether the organization will announce a new opponent for Ronaldo Jacare or whether he will remove the Brazilian from the fight program.

The main fight of UFC on FOX 15 features another fight that could move the middleweight division. The Brazilian Lyoto Machida faces the North American Luke Rockhold.

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