{"id":311911,"date":"2019-05-02T06:56:05","date_gmt":"2019-05-02T13:56:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=311911"},"modified":"2019-05-02T06:56:06","modified_gmt":"2019-05-02T13:56:06","slug":"chris-weidman-responds-to-callout-from-jack-hermansson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/chris-weidman-responds-to-callout-from-jack-hermansson\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Weidman responds to callout from Jack Hermansson"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Fresh off an impressive victory over Ronaldo &#8220;Jacare&#8221; Souza, Jack Hermansson is ready for another big step up in the middleweight division. His preference, as he explained on Ariel Helwani&#8217;s MMA Show on Monday, is a fight with Yoel Romero \u2014 though he&#8217;s also interested in meeting Kelvin Gastelum or Chris Weidman in his next outing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe want the big boys,&#8221; Hermansson said on the show. &#8220;I have three names in mind, Yoel Romero, Kelvin Gastelum and Chris Weidman, Those make sense for me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe will go by the rankings there,&#8221; he added. &#8220;Romero is probably the highest ranked. So, if you beat Romero, people will be just like, \u2018he deserves the title shot.\u2019 He is probably the hardest guy as well. He is a hard guy to beat and super dangerous. I want to beat the guy who earns me the title. So if that\u2019s him, that\u2019s the guy I want.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chris Weidman has caught wind of these comments from Jack Hermansson, and despite Hermansson&#8217;s preference for a fight with Romero, is hoping he gets to fight the Swede next. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Weidman affirmed his interest in a fight with Hermansson on Twitter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I Just heard \u201cThe Joker\u201d Hermansson mention on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/arielhelwani?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@arielhelwani<\/a> show he would want to fight me next. Would love that fight.<\/p>&mdash; Chris Weidman (@chrisweidman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chrisweidman\/status\/1123711095687008257?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 1, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&#8220;I Just heard \u201cThe Joker\u201d Hermansson mention on @arielhelwani show he would want to fight me next. 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