Marquee man Robert Whittaker pulls out of UFC's WA debut event
News broke earlier today that UFC middleweight champion Robert Whittaker (19-4 MMA, 10-2 UFC) had sustained an injury and will be unable to defend his title at UFC 221 in Perth.
"I'm beyond disappointed that I'm unable to defend the title in my home country of Australia", Whittaker said, per Okamoto. The new main event at UFC 221 will still have championship gold resting in the balance as Rockhold vs. Romero will fight for an interim strap with the victor facing Whittaker in a unification bout later in 2018.
Romero was already scheduled for a fight a few weeks later at UFC on FOX 28 from Orlando in a middleweight bout against David Branch.
Many thought that, following roughly a year-and-a-half of uncertainty during Bisping's chaotic reign, the division was finally set for some clarity and progression towards the norm with the champion facing a rightful number one contender, and indeed the decision to have Whittaker headline UFC 221 was an obvious one considering his ties to Australia. Customers who purchased tickets are eligible for a full refund. He won the 185-pound championship in December 2015, but surrendered it to Michael Bisping in his first attempted defense.
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33-year-old Rockhold, meanwhile, defeated Branch via TKO back in September. The match will be for the interim title, and will no doubt follow up with a unification match as soon as Whittaker has healed.
With just a month to go until the event, UFC officials have moved quickly to find a replacement for Whittaker, and so Yoel Romero will now step in to fight Rockhold for the interim middleweight title in the main event instead.
That will have to wait, however, as it's unknown what Whittaker's timeline to return is, leaving yet another UFC title on the shelf. Those wins included victories over Chris Weidman, Ronaldo Souza and Lyoto Machida.
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