Anthony Romero will make his UFC debut this weekend after a last-minute change to the promotion’s Salt Lake City card.The American bantamweight has been booked to face Marcus McGhee at UFC 332, which is headlined by Natalia Silva vs Wang Cong for the vacant women’s flyweight title.Silva, who is undefeated in the UFC, gets her first chance to fight for gold on Saturday in the main event of UFC 332GettyOn Wednesday, the UFC announced Bernardo Sopaj had been ruled out of his fight against McGhee.Sopaj was on a two-fight winning streak, having suffered a flying knee knockout against Vinicius Oliveira on his promotional debut in March 2024, but was ruled out due to injury.This left UFC brass with a decision to keep McGhee on the card or find a last-minute replacement, and Romero has since received the call.Romero set for debut at UFC 332Romero, 7-2 in his professional MMA career, has been fighting on the regional scene in California.View Tweet: https://x.com/hashtag/UFC332?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5EtfwLast time out, ‘The Bully’ scored a 25-second knockout against Yuma Horiuchi to make a first defence of the UNF bantamweight title.He is now one of four fighters making their promotional debut at UFC 332, alongside Lucas Armand, Roberto Soldic and Bruce Whitehead.Romero’s fight against McGhee will take place in the featherweight division, as the debutant has not had enough time to cut weight.Speaking to UFC.com, Romero revealed how much the opportunity to represent Dana White‘s promotion means to him.“For the last five years, I’ve dedicated everything to training and fighting,” he said.“When other kids wanted to be cops and doctors, I wanted to be a UFC fighter.UFC CEO White will be in Salt Lake City, Utah, for the latest numbered card in his promotion’s hectic scheduleGetty“I used to get made fun of because of that dream. Now I get to show the world that I belong.”Romero added: “I’ve been in this sport since I was ten years old. I was supposed to be a statistic, but I knew what I wanted, and I’ve dedicated my life to it. “I want to show kids that no matter what life obstacles you go through, you can accomplish your dreams through hard work and belief.”McGhee out to climb bantamweight ladderMcGhee, meanwhile, has lost just once in the UFC since his debut in 2023.‘The Maniac’ scored the 11th win of his MMA career via a unanimous decision over John Yannis last time out in June.He is the No.10-ranked bantamweight and his only UFC loss came against the current champion of his division, Petr Yan.McGhee is 5-1 in the UFC and climbing towards a future title shotGettyUFC 332 full cardSubject to changeMain cardMAIN CARD: Natalia Silva vs Wang Cong – for vacant Women’s Flyweight ChampionshipCo-main: Deiveson Figueiredo vs Payton Talbott – BantamweightKing Green vs Esteban Ribovics – LightweightRoberto Soldic vs Khaos Williams – WelterweightAteba Gautier vs Roman Kopylov – MiddleweightPrelimsImanol Rodriguez vs Alden Coria – FlyweightDamian Pinas vs Andrey Pulyaev – MiddleweightMarcus McGhee vs Anthony Romero – BantamweightAnthony Wint vs Lucas Armans – HeavyweightEarly prelimsJohnny Walker vs Mick Parkin – HeavyweightRafael dos Anjos vs Alexander Hernandez – LightweightMarvin Vettori vs Ismail Naurdiev – MiddleweightJacobe Smith vs Bruce Whitehead – WelterweightCourt McGee vs Eric Nolan – WelterweighttalkSPORT's UFC pound-for-pound rankingstalkSPORT.com has collectively voted on the best fighters to form a regularly updated UFC pound-for-pound (P4P) rankings system for the rest of 2026 and beyond.Our P4P list will be updated regularly based on performances in the Octagon — with wins, records, title wins and defences, calibre of opponents, methods of victory and much more all determining who makes it.UFC champions Islam Makhachev, Joshua Van and Sean Strickland feature – but big stars such as Alex Pereira and Tom Aspinall miss out.