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Dana White fires back at Luke Rockhold for his recent comments<\/strong><\/p>\n

Former UFC middleweight champion Luke Rockhold was not a happy man when the UFC announced that Georges St-Pierre would be receiving a middleweight title fight against Michael Bisping in his return to the octagon.<\/p>\n

Rockhold vented his frustrations<\/a> in a recent interview with Ariel Helwani on The MMA Hour<\/a>.
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\n\u201cOur division is hot right now, they\u2019ve got good matchups, but they\u2019re just not putting the champion to work,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s ridiculous. Are they really going to wait until October to make the Georges St-Pierre fight?\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cThe company is kind of losing it these days,\u201d he continued. \u201cI don\u2019t know what happened to the old company where the best fought the best. That\u2019s what built this company, now it\u2019s just a spectator sport. They\u2019re just putting freak shows together.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cAt least put an interim title on the line if [the champion\u2019s] not gonna fight. He\u2019s going to be inactive\u00a0and not fight one contender in two years? What\u2019s the point in being the champion?\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Michael<\/p>\n

When Georges St-Pierre broke the news that he would not be ready to fight “The Count” until after October, Rockhold called upon his middleweight peers to stand their ground.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf they\u2019re not putting an interim title on the line, or if they\u2019re not making Bisping fight a contender, I\u2019m not fighting anybody,\u201d Rockhold said (via MMA Fighting). <\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cAnd so should the rest of the division, too. What\u2019s the point? Without me, Mousasi, Yoel, and Whittaker? I think everyone should just stand their ground, and say f\u2014k you. Put a title on the line or else, f\u2014k, you don\u2019t even have a division.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cI think everyone is already on strike, aren\u2019t they? We\u2019re all waiting on a title. Whittaker\u2019s down. I\u2019ve voiced my opinion, and I think Mousasi should stand his ground, too. I mean, without us you have no f\u2014ing division. Make something happen.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re forcing us into a corner. We got to stick up and stay together and make something happen. I\u2019m tired of this sh-t, man.\u201d<\/p>\n

The move seemed to work, as shortly after Rockhold’s interview UFC president Dana White announced that the promotion was not willing to wait for “GSP”, and that top contender Yoel Romero would now receive his much deserved shot at Michael Bisping.<\/p>\n

During last night’s UFC 211 post-fight press conference, Dana White was asked about the middleweight\u00a0situation and took aim at Luke Rockhold for his recent comments.<\/p>\n

“Nobody deserves anything! You’ve got (Luke) Rockhold screaming this… He just got knocked out in the first-round. You don’t deserve anything!”<\/em><\/p>\n

Rockhold has not competed since suffering the aforementioned first-round knockout loss to Michael Bisping at last June’s UFC 199 event in Los Angeles, thus surrendering his UFC middleweight championship.<\/p>\n

The former title holder, Rockhold, recently posted that he had started up fight camp. However, no opponent has been named for “Rocky” at this time.<\/p>\n

Who would you like to see Luke Rockhold fight next? Sound off PENN Nation!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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