Despite a champion withdrawing from injury and a potential champion missing on the scales, UFC 221 will go on with a killer main event in the middleweight division.
Middleweight champion Robert Whittaker was forced off the card due to illness. Yoel Romero, his replacement, missed weight and won't be competing for the interim title, but the fans in Perth, Australia, are still going to be treated to a fight between two of the elite fighters at 185 pounds (er, well 187.7 pounds for Romero).
Paving the way before that bout will be a pair of heavyweight bouts.