{"id":219572,"date":"2017-01-26T11:27:34","date_gmt":"2017-01-26T19:27:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=219572"},"modified":"2017-01-26T11:28:09","modified_gmt":"2017-01-26T19:28:09","slug":"yoel-romero-trolls-michael-bisping-social-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/michael-bisping\/yoel-romero-trolls-michael-bisping-social-media\/","title":{"rendered":"Yoel Romero trolls Michael Bisping on social media"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yoel Romero is really working for the middleweight title shot! To end 2016, UFC middleweight champion Michael Bisping made his first successful title defense<\/a> as he picked up a unanimous decision win over Dan Henderson at UFC 204 in England. Following the win, Yoel Romero was crowned the middleweight #1 contender after picking up a brutal 3rd round KO win<\/a> over former middleweight champion Chris Weidman on the main card of UFC 205 in November.<\/p>\n

With Romero declared the middleweight #1 contender, many were wondering when the UFC would officially announce the scrap, however Bisping revealed in a recent interview that he would be sidelined until April or May<\/a> as he recovered from knee surgery, at which point he would pursue a money fight.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI am still UFC middleweight champion of the world,\u201d Bisping said. \u201cI have to defend that belt, simple as that. Dana actually- Dana White, UFC president- actually contacted me and spoke about a fight recently but I\u2019ve been having a lot of issues with my knee so I\u2019ve got to have a knee surgery. Maybe around end of April, May something like that, I\u2019ll take a fight.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI want the biggest fight I can get,\u201d he continued. \u201cI don\u2019t mind facing No. 1 contenders, but at this stage of my career I\u2019ve fought the best guys forever. I want the biggest fight it can possibly be. By biggest, I mean the biggest money-generating fight I can possibly have. I feel I deserve that. I\u2019ve earned that. So whether that\u2019s Yoel Romero, then great. But if it ain\u2019t Yoel Romero, if it\u2019s Anderson Silva, great. I know he\u2019s piped up again lately. If it\u2019s GSP [Georges St-Pierre]- I don\u2019t care who the opponent is.”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Romero fired back in two social media posts:<\/p>\n

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@bisping<\/a> current training camp #ynuevo<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/Q9zJUI4w7F<\/a><\/p>\n

— Yoel Romero (@YoelRomeroMMA) January 25, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n