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Robert Whittaker sides with Luke Rockhold on UFC criticism: ‘There’s no incentive to fight’

Add Robert Whittaker to the list of top-ranked UFC middleweights who are not happy with the current state of their division. Yoel Romero, Gegard Mousasi, Anderson Silva, and most recently Luke Rockhold have all shared their dissatisfaction with the match-making practices that have resulted in 185lb champion Michael Bisping defending his title versus the returning former welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre (at a time that remains TBD).

On Monday’s edition of The MMA Hour with Ariel Helwani, Rockhold aired his grievances regarding the stalled division (in which he is currently ranked 2nd).