{"id":278437,"date":"2018-06-12T06:16:42","date_gmt":"2018-06-12T13:16:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=278437"},"modified":"2018-06-12T07:38:13","modified_gmt":"2018-06-12T14:38:13","slug":"robert-whittaker-addresses-possible-trilogy-fight-with-yoel-romero","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/robert-whittaker\/robert-whittaker-addresses-possible-trilogy-fight-with-yoel-romero\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert Whittaker addresses possible trilogy fight with Yoel Romero"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UFC middleweight champion Robert Whittaker now holds two wins over fearsome middleweight contender Yoel Romero. Both, however, were competitive and truly thrilling fights. Given the close nature of the pair&#8217;s two fights \u2014 particularly <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc-225\/ufc-225-results-robert-whittaker-defeats-yoel-romero-via-split-decision-highlights\/\">the latter,<\/a> which headlined UFC 225 last weekend \u2014 there&#8217;s been widespread chatter about a potential third fight between the two. Whittaker, however, isn&#8217;t so sure a third fight is necessary.<\/p>\n<p>The Australian champion addressed a potential trilogy fight with Romero on Monday&#8217;s edition of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2018\/6\/11\/17447296\/the-mma-hour-with-robert-whittaker-yoel-romero-tyron-woodley-colby\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The MMA Hour.<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"b6gMtP\">\u201cWhen Rogan asked me [about a third fight] in the Octagon the other night, he said &#8216;rubber match&#8217; and for one, I have never heard of the term rubber match so he caught me off guard there,\u201d Whittaker said (transcribed by Adam Guillen Jr. for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2018\/6\/11\/17449510\/ufc-robert-whittaker-yoel-romero-trilogy-fight-the-boogeyman-middleweight-chicago-mma\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAMania<\/a>). \u201cSecond, I had just beat the boogeyman of the division twice back-to-back. I don\u2019t think it\u2019s how the division, UFC conducts business to get the champion to fight one guy, who on both occasions doesn\u2019t make weight for a championship fight, back-to-back-to-back. Like, am I going to fight Yoel Romero forever?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Whittaker also explained why agreed to fight Yoel Romero at UFC 225 despite Romero&#8217;s weigh-in miss.<\/p>\n<p id=\"bGTAiT\">\u201cI had told other people that [I wouldn&#8217;t take the fight], but I was more trying to get my opponent to think about it and take a little more seriously,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I\u2019m a professional in all the things I do, and when I sign the contract and it says 185, I make sure I am 185.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p id=\"jsJ5KA\">\u201cI\u2019ll get in bright and early and make sure I am one of the first people on the scales. The thing is, I didn\u2019t need to take the fight and I could have walked way with my purse money and not taken the fight. I had a right to do that. But the thing was I had a lot of fans here and Chicago was super pumped to see the main event and a lot of people bought the PPV to watch the rematch between me and Romero. At the end of the day I\u2019m a fighter and I just told myself I would take this fight. Someone was going to get into a fight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Do you think we&#8217;ll see Robert Whittaker and Yoel Romero fight in the future?<\/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 6\/11\/2018. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFC middleweight champion Robert Whittaker now holds two wins over fearsome middleweight contender Yoel Romero. Both, however, were competitive and truly thrilling fights. 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