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Former UFC middleweight champion Luke Rockhold is not very happy with Yoel Romero.

And he has a good reason for it. It’s been well documented that Rockhold was slated to fight Romero in the main event for the interim middleweight title at Saturday’s (February 10th, 2018) UFC 221 pay-per-view event.

Romero came into the weigh-ins heavy as he was three pounds overweight. He had two hours to lose the weight but couldn’t and weighed in at the same weight on his second attempt.

Now, if Rockhold wins the fight, then he is the interim champion. On the flip side, if Romero wins then he will not be awarded the interim title.

Despite the fact that Romero missed weight on his first attempt, Rockhold made it clear that he’ll claim the victory even against the odds.

After the weigh-ins, Rockhold sounded off on his opponent missing weight for the upcoming fight at the pay-per-view event:

“Typical. Par for the course with Yoel Romero. He doesn’t have the cleanest track record,” Rockhold added while speaking to FOX Sports 1 (transcript courtesy of MMA Junkie) after the first weigh-in.

“That’s all he knows – wrestling,” he said. “I wrestled. I know wrestling. I know jiu-jitsu. Wrestlers like that with explosion? Bring it. This is a different world. This is MMA, and I own the ground. I own the MMA ground.”

To take his comments to the next level, he also took to his official Twitter account to react to the news by writing the following:

“Should have be doing the salsa in the sauna. Some bullshit as usual.”

Should have be doing the salsa in the sauna. Some bullshit as usual

— Luke Rockhold (@LukeRockhold) February 10, 2018

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UFC 221 is here, and it goes down tonight (Saturday, February 10, 2018) from the Perth Arena in Perth, Australia.

The main card will air on pay-per-view at 10 p.m. ET while the preliminary card will air on FOX Sports 1 at 8 p.m. ET and the promotion’s streaming service, UFC Fight Pass, at 6:45 p.m. ET.

Luke Rockhold vs. Yoel Romero for the interim middleweight title will serve as the main event while Curtis Blaydes vs. Mark Hunt in a heavyweight bout will serve as the co-main event.

Rounding out the five bout card is Cyril Asker vs. Tai Tuivasa in a heavyweight bout, Li Jingliang vs. Jake Matthews in a welterweight bout, and Tyson Pedro vs. Saparbek Safarov in a light heavyweight bout.

According to oddsmakers Rockhold, is a -140 favorite over Yoel Romero, who is a +130 underdog. Other odds for the main card include Hunt being a +135 underdog against Blaydes, who is a -155 favorite. Here are the full betting odds:

MAIN CARD (PPV/10 p.m. ET)

Interim UFC Middleweight Title: Luke Rockhold (-140) vs. Yoel Romero (+130)

Curtis Blaydes (-155) vs. Mark Hunt (+135)

Tai Tuivasa (-280) vs. Cyril Asker (+240)

Li Jingliang (-190) vs. Jake Matthews (+165)

Tyson Pedro (-265) vs. Saparbek Safarov (+225)

PRELIMINARY CARD (FOX Sports 1/8 p.m. ET)

Dong Hyun Kim (-155) vs. Damien Brown (+135)

Israel Adesanya (-300) vs. Rob Wilkinson (+250)

Alex Volkanovski (-170) vs. Jeremy Kennedy (+150)

Jussier Formiga (-130) vs. Ben Nguyen (+110)

Ross Pearson (-145) vs. Mizuto Hirota (+125)

Jose Quinonez (-220) vs. Teruto Ishihara (+180)

Daichi Abe (-130) vs. Luke Jumeau (+110)

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