The highly anticipated co-main event for RAF 5 is no more.
Promotion officials announced that Yoel Romero missed weight on Saturday morning for his light heavyweight championship unification wrestling match against current UFC middleweight, and RAF 205-pound champ Bo Nickal. With the weight miss, Nickal is no longer competing and has been crowned undisputed champion.
Romero has been stripped of his interim title, but still competes on the card as he faces Stephen Buchanan, who also missed weight for his slated matchup with Pat Downey. Like Nickal, Downey is not competing on Saturday’s wrestling card.
This is the second time the matchup has been scheduled and scrapped with Nickal dropping out of the original meeting at RAF 4. Romero still competed and picked up a dominant 12-0 tech fall victory over Downey in his first freestyle wrestling match in over 20 years.
Sadly, the second time wasn’t the charm when it came to Romero and Nickal meeting on the wrestling mats.
Additionally, RAF featherweight champion Jordan Oliver missed weight for his scheduled title defense rematch against Real Woods, and has been stripped of his title. The match moves forward as planned, and if Woods is victorious, he still becomes champion.
RAF 5 kicks off at 8 p.m. ET and streams exclusively on FOX Nation, and is headlined by Colby Covington vs. Luke Rockhold. Check out the updated lineup below.
Colby Covington vs. Luke Rockhold
Kyle Dake vs. Mahamedkhabib Kadzimahamedau
Arman Tsarukyan vs. Lance Palmer
Jordan Oliver vs. Real Woods
Yoel Romero vs Stephen Buchanan
Nate Jackson vs Zahid Valencia
Nathan Tomasello vs. Austin DeSanto
Bo Bassett vs. Cayden Henschel
Mostafa Elders vs. Steve Mocco
Pat Lugo vs. Johnni DiJulius
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