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UFC middleweight champion Robert Whittaker released a statement after being forced to pull out of his UFC 234 headlining showdown against Kelvin Gastelum. It’s hard not to feel for the champ after being deprived of another PPV headlining slot in his home-country, it really is. We’ve seen fighters withdraw from bouts after instances of carelessness inside the gym or beyond …

UFC 234 is finally upon us and in the night’s main-event, the UFC middleweight title will be on the line as Robert Whittaker takes on Kelvin Gastelum. It’s a middleweight title tilt worth writing home about as the champion Robert Whittaker looks to add the scalp of Kelvin Gastelum to his increasingly long list of conquests. This is an extremely …

ESPN has reported that the middleweight title showdown between champion Robert Whittaker and Kelvin Gastelum is set for UFC 234 in Australia next year. The pair have been competing against each other on the most recent edition of The Ultimate Fighter but with that series’ conclusion, the attention will turn to the 185lb championship bout that will end the show’s run. ESPN reported …

The UFC middleweight champion will defend his title against Kelvin Gastelum after spending six weeks filming the next season of The Ultimate Fighter alongside him. Robert Whittaker might just have claimed iconic status within the UFC’s middleweight division following his pair of scintillating victories over Yoel Romero. Two contrasting styles met over ten rounds to decide the title of 185lb champion and …

Yoel Romero’s manager Malki Kawa spoke to Ariel Helwani in a recent interview and confirmed that his fighter will move to 205lbs for his next fight. Yoel Romero has quietly established himself over the last year or so as one of the most popular fighters on the UFC’s modern roster. He really has been a slow-burn over the years but …

The estimated numbers for UFC 225 are in and all things considered, the cards performance in relation to the others this year won’t blow anyone’s mind. A lot of questions over the drawing power of a post-Mickey Gall CM Punk were answered today as MMAFighting reported that the PPV buys for the show came in at a surprisingly low 250k. None of …

The former UFC light-heavyweight title challenger Alexander Gustafsson has called for a shot at the Cuban former-Olympian Yoel Romero. Following Dana White’s revelation that he would like to see Yoel Romero fighting at light-heavyweight in the near future, fans have been reeling at the prospect of seeing the former title-challenger in matchups against some of the division’s very best. Romero, …

In this edition of Pundit Arena’s Fighter of the Week, we celebrate the genetic specimen that is Yoel Romero despite his loss at UFC 225 last weekend. You know you’ve put in a good shift when your status elevates to a higher level in spite of a loss. Yoel Romero was never exactly out of the spotlight at middleweight since …

UFC middleweight Yoel Romero’s management has claimed that they are planning on filing a lawsuit against the Illinois State Athletic Commission. UFC 225’s main-event pairing of Robert Whittaker and Yoel Romero was about as good a fight as we’ve seen all year where both men displayed a near-inhuman ability to absorb damage over the course of the five rounds. It …

Relive UFC 225 in a particularly brutal edition of Fight Motion, featuring Rafael dos Anjos, Colby Covington, Robert Whittaker and Yoel Romero. UFC 225 is fading further into memory but today, the UFC uploaded the latest in their Fight Motion series to their official YouTube channel and after the brutal events of last weekend’s fight-card, it’s an especially fun entry. Of course, …