{"id":269927,"date":"2018-02-12T11:06:29","date_gmt":"2018-02-12T19:06:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=269927"},"modified":"2018-02-12T11:06:29","modified_gmt":"2018-02-12T19:06:29","slug":"video-chael-sonnen-weighs-possible-robert-whittaker-vs-yoel-romero-rematch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/video-chael-sonnen-weighs-possible-robert-whittaker-vs-yoel-romero-rematch\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO | Chael Sonnen weighs in on possible Robert Whittaker vs. Yoel Romero rematch"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">History says if a younger fighter beats an older fighter and they rematch, the younger fighter wins again\u2026only easier. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BeyondtheFight?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BeyondtheFight<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vr8LpCzF39\">pic.twitter.com\/vr8LpCzF39<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chael Sonnen (@ChaelSonnen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChaelSonnen\/status\/963118234210680832?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 12, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Having thumped the former champ Luke Rockhold to a <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/alistair-overeem\/after-watching-ufc-221-main-event-alistair-overeem-issues-profound-statement-on-the-nature-of-mma\/\">crushing<\/a>, third-round knockout win over the weekend, Yoel Romero has reasserted himself as the top contender in the UFC middleweight division. He is now <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/yoel-romero\/dana-white-confirms-yoel-romeros-next-move\/\">expected to rematch reigning champion Robert Whittaker<\/a> some time later this year, when both parties are healthy and fighting fit.<\/p>\n<p>Whittaker and Romero first fought in the main event of UFC 213, in July of 2016. On that night, Whittaker weathered a bit of early trouble to capture a unanimous decision win \u2013 and the title.<\/p>\n<p>In the opinion of current Bellator MMA star, and ever insightful MMA analyst Chael Sonnen, the outcome of a Whittaker-Romero rematch could easily be the same. It could also end more decisively in Whittaker&#8217;s favor, as he&#8217;s in the prime of his fighting career, and Romero is not getting any younger.<\/p>\n<p>Sonnen broke this possible rematch down on a recent edition of Beyond The Fight. Watch his breakdown in the video at the top of this post.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We know that Whittaker knows how to beat Romero,&#8221; Sonnen says in this video. &#8220;He&#8217;s already done it before. And Romero can beat Whittaker, because that fight was super close. But history does say, if a younger fighter beats an older fighter and they rematch, the younger fighter will win again, only easier. But that fight was very competitive.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That&#8217;s a fight that we&#8217;re looking forward to, and [there could possibly] be a different outcome,&#8221; Sonnen concluded later.<\/p>\n<p>What do you think of Chael Sonnen&#8217;s assessment of a potential middleweight title rematch between Robert Whittaker and &#8220;The Soldier of God&#8221; Yoel Romero? 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