{"id":266076,"date":"2017-12-19T06:24:07","date_gmt":"2017-12-19T14:24:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=266076"},"modified":"2017-12-19T06:24:07","modified_gmt":"2017-12-19T14:24:07","slug":"yoel-romero-trashes-luke-rockhold-avoiding-eyes-another-middleweight-rival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/yoel-romero\/yoel-romero-trashes-luke-rockhold-avoiding-eyes-another-middleweight-rival\/","title":{"rendered":"Yoel Romero trashes Luke Rockhold for avoiding him, eyes another middleweight rival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Top UFC middleweight contender Yoel Romero is having a tough time finding an opponent. Having recently come up short against reigning champion Robert Whittaker, he was hoping his next fight would be against former champion Luke Rockhold, but unfortunately, Rockhold took a fight with David Branch \u2013 an opponent Romero considers much easier than himself.<\/p>\n<p id=\"BgfLTm\">\u201cI don\u2019t understand why [Rockhold] said no,&#8221; Romero said on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2017\/12\/18\/16788466\/the-mma-hour-with-randy-couture-justin-gaethje-yoel-romero-darren?_ga=2.75889680.425674164.1513527739-2138449894.1494348671\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMA Hour<\/a> (h\/t <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2017\/12\/18\/16792692\/ufc-yoel-romero-luke-rockhold-ducked-me-because-his-strategy-is-to-pick-easy-fights-mma\">MMAMania<\/a>). &#8220;I don\u2019t understand. Maybe he had a strategy in the mind. He say, \u2018No I wont fight Yoel, I will fight somebody easy.\u2019 Respect to David Branch, but that\u2019s the way he thinks, you know? That\u2019s Luke&#8217;s mentality, \u2018I want a more easy fight, win and Yoel Romero lose his last fight.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p id=\"Yw0iOd\">&#8220;He needed a fight with me and the winner [of the] fight with Robert,&#8221; Romero continued. &#8220;The problem is UFC has a show in Australia and [Australia&#8217;s Whittaker] is the champion right now in my division. So he needed somebody and UFC gave it to Luke Rockhold because he win his last fight.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>With Rockhold off the table \u2013 and <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/kelvin-gastelum\/kelvin-gastelum-allegedly-turns-huge-main-event-ufc-belem\/\">apparently Kelvin Gastelum<\/a> too \u2013 Yoel Romero is now just hoping for a fight. Ideally, he says, when the UFC touches down in Orlando this February, and perhaps even against Michael Bisping.<\/p>\n<p id=\"fbi5Jn\">\u201cI am waiting for UFC [to find me] a fight,&#8221; he said, &#8220;I want to main event Feb. 24 in Orlando. I am waiting for the fight for Luke Rockhold, but I know now he has a fight with Robert. Now I am waiting for somebody. But nobody say \u2018Yes, I want to fight Yoel.\u2019 So give me somebody, maybe Michael Bisping.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Prior to his decision loss to Robert Whittaker, Yoel Romero was on a ridiculous, eight fight streak highlighted by wins over Derek Brunson, Brad Tavares, Tim Kennedy, Lyoto Machida, &#8220;Jacare&#8221; Souza, and Chris Weidman.<\/p>\n<p>If not Luke Rockhold or Kelvin Gastelum, who do you want to see Yoel Romero fight next?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 19\/12\/2017.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Top UFC middleweight contender Yoel Romero is having a tough time finding an opponent. Having recently come up short against reigning champion Robert Whittaker, he was hoping his next fight would be against former champion Luke Rockhold, but unfortunately, Rockhold took a fight with David Branch \u2013 an opponent Romero considers much easier than himself. 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