Robert Whittaker sides with Luke Rockhold on UFC criticism: ‘There’s no incentive to fight’

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Add Robert Whittaker to the list of top-ranked UFC middleweights who are not happy with the current state of their division. Yoel Romero, Gegard Mousasi, Anderson Silva, and most recently Luke Rockhold have all shared their dissatisfaction with the match-making practices that have resulted in 185lb champion Michael Bisping defending his title versus the returning former welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre (at a time that remains TBD).

On Monday’s edition of The MMA Hour with Ariel Helwani, Rockhold aired his grievances regarding the stalled division (in which he is currently ranked 2nd).

“[The UFC is putting] these mega-fights together that don’t make…

Whittaker agrees with Rockhold, calls for UFC interim belt at 185

 

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And at this present moment, if I fight Luke; whether I win or lose, where do I go from there? Or if I fight Yoel, I’m in the same position; I don’t make any gains.

Disagree with that last part.. If he gets offered Yoel he should jump all over that, a win against Yoel makes him the clear number 1 contender. Otherwise he could be waiting a long time for a belt opportunity.

 

[Rambo John J]

Disagree with that last part.. If he gets offered Yoel he should jump all over that, a win against Yoel makes him the clear number 1 contender. Otherwise he could be waiting a long time for a belt opportunity.

but #1 contender means nothing

 

[Hwoarang]

but #1 contender means nothing