Former UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman, who suffered three losses in the last four fights, was dissatisfied with the fact that the promotion's leadership did not give him a title shot. The middleweight champion Robert ...
"The management said that it cannot count on me because of my finger problems - I was worried that I would not be able to recover from the operation. Initially, they said that I would fight at the end of the year, after the show, and I answered that I would be ready by that time. They said that they cannot recoup investment in the show, if there is a possibility of my withdrawal from the fight.
“I'm very angry about this, because anything can happen to a fighter. Gastelum and Romero failed the weigh-in, Whittaker also suffered injuries. Something can always happen, not only with me," Weidman said.
A few days ago there was information that Weidman in November will have a rematch against another former champion - Luke Rockhold. Official confirmation of the battle was not announced yet.
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