Last night (Feb. 9, 2018), Yoel Romero missed weight ahead of his interim middleweight title fight with Luke Rockhold, which is set to headline tonight’s (Feb. 10, 2018) UFC 221 from Perth, Australia, and it’ll cost him.
Not only is Romero now ineligible to win the interim strap, but he’s also been forced to relinquish a large chunk of his purse to Rockhold, per ESPN’s Brett Okamoto:
Per UFC official, Rockhold will receive 30 percent of Romero’s fight purse tonight for the weight miss. Romero still ineligible to win interim title, but Rockhold is.
— Brett Okamoto (@bokamotoESPN) February 10, 2018
Rockhold, who was originally set to meet undisputed champion Robert Whittaker in tonight’s main event, recently returned from a long layoff to score a stoppage victory over former World Series of Fighting two-division champion David Branch this past September.
Romero, on the other hand, is coming off of a decision loss to Whittaker this past July. Prior to that, he had won all eight of his UFC bouts, taking out big names like Lyoto Machida, Ronaldo Souza and Chris Weidman.
Who are you picking to come out on top tonight?
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