Marcus McGhee faces Anthony Romero in last-minute UFC 332 matchup

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Marcus McGhee | Chris Unger, Zuffa LLC The UFC 332 fight card has a late shakeup. The promotion announced Wednesday that Marcus McGhee (11-2) is now set to fight newcomer Anthony Romero (7-2, 1 NC) at this Saturday’s event in Salt Lake City. Romero steps in on just three days’ notice as a replacement for Bernardo Sopaj, who was forced to withdraw due to injury. The bout now takes place at featherweight after originally being scheduled for bantamweight. McGhee recently got back on the winning track after suffering his first UFC loss to Petr Yan. “The Maniac” earned a unanimous decision nod over John Yannis this past June to improve his octagon record to 5-1. He is currently No. 15 at 135 pounds in the MMA Fighting Global Rankings. Romero has competed primarily for Los Angeles’ Up Next Fighting promotion. In his most recent fight, he successfully defended the UNF bantamweight title with a first-round knockout over Yuma Horiuchi. UFC 332 is headlined by a vacant flyweight title fight between Natalia Silva and Wang Cong. See the updated lineup below. Main Card (Paramount+ and CBS, 8 p.m. ET) Natalia Silva vs. Wang Cong Deiveson Figueiredo vs. Payton Talbott King Green vs. Esteban Ribovics Khaos Williams vs. Roberto Soldic Ateba Gautier vs. Roman Kopylov Preliminary Card (Paramount+, 6 p.m. ET) Imanol Rodriguez vs. Alden Coria Damian Pinas vs. Andrey Pulyaev Marcus McGhee vs. Bernardo Sopaj Anthony Wint vs. Lucas Armand Early Prelims (Paramount+, 4 p.m. ET) Johnny Walker vs. Mick Parkin Rafael dos Anjos vs. Alexander Hernandez Marvin Vettori vs. Ismail Naurdiev Jacobe Smith vs. Bruce Whitehead Court McGee vs. Eric Nolan