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UFC 205 Primer: Chris Weidman vs. Yoel Romero, a Head-to-Toe Breakdown

Before UFC 205 on Nov. 12 concludes with its trio of title fights, middleweights Chris Weidman and Yoel Romero will square off for a middleweight matchup rife with championship implications.
Weidman, formerly the division’s kingpin, is looking to…

Before UFC 205 on Nov. 12 concludes with its trio of title fights, middleweights Chris Weidman and Yoel Romero will square off for a middleweight matchup rife with championship implications.

Weidman, formerly the division’s kingpin, is looking to get back into the win column after suffering the first defeat of his career. He was expected to once again fight for the belt at UFC 199, but injuries changed his course and have placed him face-to-face with Romero.

Romero has never lost inside the Octagon. He has amassed seven victories while exhibiting tremendous grappling ability and otherworldly power. His most recent win, a split decision over Ronaldo Souza, marked only the third time in Romero’s career that he failed to knock out his opponent.

Here we break down the battle, taking a look at the areas of the fight where Weidman or Romero holds an advantage, and we examine how those granular matchups will contribute to determining the fight’s outcome.

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UFC 205 Primer: Chris Weidman vs. Yoel Romero, a Head-to-Toe Breakdown

Before UFC 205 on Nov. 12 concludes with its trio of title fights, middleweights Chris Weidman and Yoel Romero will square off for a middleweight matchup rife with championship implications.

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Michael Bisping: I Won’t Fight Romero Even If He Beats Weidman

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Rather typically of UFC middleweight champion Michael Bisping, his reign thus far has been filled with heated verbal wars. Since winning the belt from Luke Rockhold at UFC 199, ‘The Count’ has been characteristically outspoken and brash. First calling out Dan Henderson after defeating ‘Rocky,’ Bisping rocked the boat in terms of rankings, although with good reason. ‘Hendo’ had claimed Bisping’s chin back in 2009, and the urge for revenge had ‘The Count’ seeing red. Facing off in a rematch at UFC 204, Bisping put the loss behind him with a decision win.

Looking at the upcoming scheduled bouts, it was clear that Michael Bisping would now be facing the ‘killers row’ at 185 pounds. Out of the blue came requests to fight Nick Diaz and Georges St-Pierre, causing more of a stir and leading to accusations of fight ducking. Falling out of his UFC Fight Night 100 pairing with Jacare Souza, Luke Rockhold had perhaps sent Souza in to a title shot. Then came the news of Bisping’s injured orbital bone, which he said he would have fought ‘GSP’ with (for the big money) but wasn’t willing to go against Jacare.

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Michael Bisping Won’t Fight Yoel Romero

Speaking during the Sirius XM Rush ‘Countdown’ Bisping reveals his thoughts on a potential fight with Yoel Romero. With Souza apparently not an option now Rockhold is injured, ‘Soldier of God’ will battle Chris Weidman at UFC 205. Arguably for the next title shot, Weidman vs. Romero carries a lot of weight. According to ‘The Count,’ it’s only ‘The All-American’ who stands a chance of a title fight, though:

“If Yoel (Romero) beats Chris (Weidman), I honestly don’t think I’ll fight Yoel because he tested positive for steroids. I read an article recently that said it takes years for the advantages of steroids to come out of your system. Just because you aren’t testing positive doesn’t mean you lose all the extra muscle that you were able to achieve.”

“If Weidman beats Romero, that’s the fight I really want. Me and Weidman, we’ve been going back-and-forth for about a year. We’ve been talking some shit, and that’s really the fight that interests me.”

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After Calling Out GSP & Nick Diaz, Michael Bisping Won’t Be Fighting Soon

In the weeks after his close decision win over Dan Henderson at October 4’s UFC 204, UFC middleweight champion Michael Bisping has been busy calling out two big names in Georges St-Pierre and Nick Diaz for the feature bout of December 10’s UFC 206 from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Neither fight seemed to materialize, yet “The

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Neither fight seemed to materialize, yet “The Count” was tabbed to talked about as a replacement for Luke Rockhold against Jacare Souza in the main event of November’s UFC Fight Night 101 from Melbourne, Australia.

However, while serving as host of “UFC Tonight” on FOX Sports 1, he revealed that wouldn’t be fighting any of those big names, as he’s healing from a broken orbital suffered against Henderson and also has to get treatment on his knee:

“As you all know, I fought Dan Henderson very recently. I’ve got a busted orbital, I’m getting injections in my knee.”

That seems like a peculiar set of circumstances considering he was calling out GSP and Diaz so recently, but Bisping clarified that he miraculously could have recovered to take on either of those two superstars because of the payday involved, something that was absent from the bout with Jacare:

“Now I know what everyone at home is going to say: ‘Didn’t you call out GSP a couple weeks ago? Yes, I did, but really, think about this, that was a massive payday, roughly $3-4 million I would have earned from that fight. Against Jacare, I’m going to get around about a quarter.”

So the MMA world – in addition to Jacare’s manager – thinks Bisping is somehow ducking the lethal submission artist, but the British titleholder insists that is not what he’s doing and something he’s never done. In his opinion, he’s going to face the winner of Chris Weidman vs. Yoel Romero at UFC 205 or Jacare:

“I’m assuming they’re saying that I’m ducking Jacare,” Bisping said. “I’ve never ducked anybody in my life. … Next week, Yoel and Weidman are fighting. Whoever wins, either that guy, or Jacare, will be my next fight, make no mistake. But I’m not doing it in a few weeks.”

While it’s no surprise Bisping is unable to fight Souza in November, it is a curious scenario that he could seemingly fight only three weeks later if he does have a serious injury, especially considering his history of eye issues. Bisping is looking for the big payday, and unfortunately for the Fighter of the Year candidate (whether you like it or not), that’s something he’s been accused of doing rather than facing the best 185-pound martial artists in the UFC.

The only thing he can do to silence those haters is face and defeat Jacare, Weidman, or Romero in his next title fight.

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Tim Kennedy Puts Michael Bisping & Yoel Romero On Blast

After spending over two years on the sidelines, No. 12-ranked middleweight contender Tim Kennedy is set to make his return to action against former light heavyweight champion Rashad Evans at Nov. 12’s UFC 205 from the famed Madison Square Garden in New York. Kennedy was last seen dropping a highly controversial loss to Yoel Romero

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Kennedy was last seen dropping a highly controversial loss to Yoel Romero in September 2014 in a bout where Romero was criticized for the now infamous ‘stool gate’. Kennedy is well aware that he’ll be returning to a completely different division, a division he recently told Submission Radio was a ‘disaster’. He also took the time to put champion Michael Bisping as well as Romero on blast:

“The division’s a mess, man. It’s a disaster,” he said. “It’s anybody’s chance to get that next title fight and everybody wants it because, especially for me, Michael Bisping is the easiest fight in the division. The current champion of the division. If you go down that list, from Chris Weidman, to Jacare, to Luke Rockhold, Derek Brunson – that would be my number two, three, four and five right there. I don’t put Yoel Romero in there because I think he’s a cheater and he shouldn’t even be in the UFC.”

Kennedy actually holds a victory over Bisping and quite a dominant one at that when the two met in April 2014. He now plans to take out Evans in ‘decisive fashion’ and earn a rematch with “The Count”. If the UFC doesn’t see him as a legitimate title threat after UFC 205, however, it could be the end of the road for Kennedy:

“I’m gonna go fight Rashad, I’m gonna beat him in a very, very clear decisive fashion, and Michael Bisping, he has not wanted to utter my name for the past year. He’s been winning, and he might be calling out 47-year-old men that he has losses to, but who he’s not mentioning, is me – the guy that beat him up for 25 minutes. So if he wants to stand there and really be a champion, stop calling out dudes that have been retired for a few years, stop calling out a 47-year-old man. Why don’t you fight a guy that beat the brakes off of you and on November 12th at Madison Square Garden is going to make a huge statement in the division.”

“There’s a really good chance that after this fight you’ll never see me again – well, in the octagon. I’m just getting started in my work outside of the octagon, where you’re gonna probably see me a lot more. But after November 12th, when I beat Rashad, if whoever the matchmaker is going to be in December for the 185 middleweight division, if they’re not talking about me being in the mix, about me as a potential match up against Michael Bisping for the title, then what’s the point?”

Where do you see Kennedy heading after his bout with “Suga”?

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Chris Weidman Inked New UFC Deal Right Before UFC 205 Press Conference

Chris Weidman was a rather late addition to the massive New York card at UFC 205 next month, when he takes on Cuban power-house Yoel Romero in front of the Madison Square Garden crowd. Just before making the trip over for the UFC 205 press conference earlier this month, Weidman revealed that he had just

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Chris Weidman was a rather late addition to the massive New York card at UFC 205 next month, when he takes on Cuban power-house Yoel Romero in front of the Madison Square Garden crowd.

Just before making the trip over for the UFC 205 press conference earlier this month, Weidman revealed that he had just inked a new contract with the UFC after wanting to get paid for what he felt he was worth:

“There was definitely money, trying to get paid what you feel like you deserve,” Weidman said (courtesy of MMA Junkie). “But it wasn’t just as simple as just a number for this fight. You’re starting up a whole new contract, so it gets pretty detailed on what everybody is looking for in the new deal.”

Weidman, once the reigning undefeated champion of the UFC’s 185-pound division, suffered his first mixed martial arts (MMA) loss when he was finished by Luke Rockhold in the fourth round of their co-main event meeting at UFC 194 this past December. The pair were scheduled to rematch in the main event of UFC 199, but ‘The All American’ was sadly forced out of the contest due to an injury sustained in training camp.

Michael Bisping would step in on two weeks notice to replace Weidman, and would go on to knockout Rockhold in the first round to secure his first ever UFC title.

With a potential win over Romero come fight night in New York, Weidman is hoping to get a shot at winning his title back from Bisping, not a redemption match against the man who handed him his first professional loss in Rockhold:

“We’ve got time; we’re both semi-young in this game,” Weidman said. “The money fight is the title fight. That’s what I’m looking for. I’m not looking to avenge a loss and not get paid what a champion does.”

For now, Weidman is focused on getting the tall task ahead of him done when he meets Romero inside the Octagon next month, and it’s not going to be easy:

“I think I go out there and do my job, I’ll get the title shot,” Weidman said. “I’m focused on Romero.”

Weidman and Romero will meet on the main card of UFC 205 live on pay-per-view (PPV), from the Madison Square Garden arena in New York City on November 12, 2016.

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