Does anyone other than recent UFC 221 main-event winner Yoel Romero deserve the next shot at middleweight champion Robert Whittaker ? That was the question for MMAjunkie Radio’s new daily debate feature. We polled MMAjunkie readers and MMAjunkie Radio listeners to see who should be next for Whittaker (19-4 MMA, 10-2 UFC), who was supposed to fight Romero (13-2 MMA, 9-1 UFC) at UFC 221 before a staph infection forced him off this past Saturday’s card. Romero instead fought and knocked out ex-champ Rockhold (16-4 MMA, 6-3 UFC) – but he missed weight for the interim title fight and wasn’t eligible for the belt. Should his inability to make weight for the fairly short-notice fight – or the fact that Romero suffered a decision loss to Whittaker in his bout prior to Rockhold – preclude him from getting the next shot at the champ
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Daily debate: Anyone other than Yoel Romero deserve UFC champ Robert Whittaker next? – MMA Junkie