As if UFC 194 wasn't great already, another huge bout has been announced. According to Adam Hill of the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Yoel Romero and Ronaldo "Jacare" Souza will face off December 12 in a critical bout for the middleweight division:
BREAKING: @YoelRomeroMMA to fight @JacareMMA in key @ufc middleweight clash at UFC 194 in LV on Dec. 12 http://t.co/9ZnTAHOBYq
— Adam Hill (@AdamHillLVRJ) August 18, 2015
The fight is almost guaranteed to be a top contender's bout at 185 pounds.
Romero is an impressive 6-0 in the UFC, with five of those wins coming via knockout. In his most recent fight, he scored a huge ground-and-pound victory over former light heavyweight champion Lyoto Machida.
Souza hasn't received as much attention of late, but the former Strikeforce champion has an impressive resume. Undefeated since 2011, Souza is riding eight straight wins, a run that includes a brutal knockout of Yushin Okami and a submission of Gegard Mousasi.
The two have been scheduled to face off twice before, at UFC 184 and UFC on Fox 15. On both occasions, however, the fight was scrapped, first because of a Souza bout of pneumonia, then because of a Romero knee injury. Hopefully, the third time will be the charm.
UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman is set to face off with Luke Rockhold in the UFC 194 co-main event, but both Souza and Romero have reasonable claims to a title shot already. Whoever wins this bout is almost certainly going to be next in line to challenge for the title.
As if those two matches weren't enough, UFC 194 is set to be headlined by the biggest featherweight title fight of all time: Jose Aldo vs. Conor McGregor. The sure-to-be-stacked card is set to go down December 12 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Who do you think will take this one, fight fans?
