{"id":269894,"date":"2018-02-11T08:33:25","date_gmt":"2018-02-11T16:33:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=269894"},"modified":"2018-02-11T08:33:25","modified_gmt":"2018-02-11T16:33:25","slug":"dana-white-confirms-yoel-romeros-next-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/yoel-romero\/dana-white-confirms-yoel-romeros-next-move\/","title":{"rendered":"Dana White confirms Yoel Romero&#8217;s next move"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday night, in the headliner of an action-packed UFC 221 card, former Olympic silver medalist Yoel Romero authored one of the finest victories of his incredible career thus far,<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc-221\/ufc-221-results-luke-rockhold-vs-yoel-romero\/\">knocking out former UFC and Strikeforce champion Luke Rockhold\u00a0<\/a>with a savage third-round volley. With this win, Romero positioned himself at the front of the middleweight contender line, and may well have earned himself a rematch with divisional ruler <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/robert-whittaker\/robert-whittaker-addresses-yoel-romero-twitter-ufc-221\/\">Robert Whittaker<\/a>, who he lost a decision to back in July of 2016.<\/p>\n<p>While some fans and pundits have argued that Romero shouldn&#8217;t be rewarded with a middleweight title shot on the basis of his UFC 221 weigh-in miss \u2013 the reason he wasn&#8217;t awarded the interim title for his defeat of Rockhold \u2013 UFC President Dana White confirmed post-fight that a Whittaker-Romero rematch is indeed the plan.<\/p>\n<p>ESPN&#8217;s Brett Okamoto broke it down in a post-fight Tweet.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Asked Dana White if plan is to have Yoel Romero fight Robert Whittaker next, despite the fact he didn&#8217;t win an interim title tonight.<\/p>\n<p>Answer: &#8220;Yes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Brett Okamoto (@bokamotoESPN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bokamotoESPN\/status\/962559365029945344?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 11, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;Asked Dana White if plan is to have Yoel Romero fight Robert Whittaker next, despite the fact he didn&#8217;t win an interim title tonight,&#8221; Okamoto explained. &#8220;<\/span><span>Answer: &#8216;Yes.'&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Prior to his July decision loss to Whittaker, Romero was on an impressive eight-fight streak, highlighted by triumphs over Brad Tavares, Tim Kennedy, Lyoto Machida, Ronaldo \u201cJacare\u201d Souza, and former champ Chris Weidman. He\u2019s 13-2 overall.<\/p>\n<p>Whittaker, meanwhile, is riding high on an impressive eight-fight streak of his own. This streak is highlighted by wins over Brad Tavares, Uriah Hall, Rafael Natal, Derek Brunson, Jacare Souza, and of course, Romero. He\u2019s 19-4 overall.<\/p>\n<p>Does a Yoel Romero vs. Robert Whittaker rematch interest you? If so, who do you suspect comes out on top? Join the conversation in the comments section.<\/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 2\/11\/2018. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday night, in the headliner of an action-packed UFC 221 card, former Olympic silver medalist Yoel Romero authored one of the finest victories of his incredible career thus far,\u00a0knocking out former UFC and Strikeforce champion Luke Rockhold\u00a0with a savage third-round volley. 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