Yoel Romero faces Owen Livesey in openweight grappling match at Polaris 28

Yoel Romero will stay active by competing in a grappling match.

[autotag]Yoel Romero[/autotag] will stay active by competing in a grappling match.

Olympic silver medalist wrestler Romero faces Commonwealth Judo champion [autotag]Owen Livesey[/autotag] in an openweight submission grappling match at Polaris 28 (UFC Fight Pass), which takes place June 15 in Doncaster, England. Promotion officials announced the matchup Thursday.

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PFL light heavyweight Romero competed in a submission grappling match against Chris Barnett at Dean Toole Promotions in 2019. Romero submitted the UFC heavyweight by Round 1 kimura.

Livesey faced former UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman at Polaris 23 in March 2023, defeating him by unanimous decision.