There will be a men’s title fight at UFC 213. Just not the one originally planned.
Yoel Romero and Robert Whittaker will meet for the interim middleweight title in Las Vegas on July 8.
Additionally, the originally planned bantamweight title fight between champion Cody Garbrandt and T.J. Dillashaw is officially off due to a back injury suffered by Garbrandt. MMA Fighting’s Ariel Helwani confirmed a Tuesday report on both items by ESPN.
The Romero-Whittaker interim title fight is due to a knee injury suffered by champion Michael Bisping. It will be the evening’s co-main event, with the women’s bantamweight title fight between champion Amanda Nunes and challenger Valentina Shevchenko as the evening’s headliner.