Former Ultimate Fighting Championship middleweight champion Chris Weidman was in attendance over the weekend to help promote UFC 221 in Perth, Australia. The former 185-pound king, who is currently sidelined with a thumb injury, took time to answer a few questions in the lead up to the main event.
Weidman was “surprised” to hear Yoel Romero had failed to make weight given that an interim title was at stake. When asked who should fight current UFC middleweight champion Robert Whittaker next if Romero (who was ineligible to claim interim title after missing his mark on the scale) beat Luke Rockhold, Weidman replied:
“As far as who should fight Whittaker?