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#1 Worst: Romero's weight issue causes more chaos at Middleweight
Yoel Romero has been a human highlight reel ever since his UFC debut in 2013 and last night was no exception. After his trademark slow start, the Cuban cruelly exposed the holes in Luke Rockhold's defensive boxing by turning his lights out with a pair of vicious left hands. He should be sitting pretty now with the interim Middleweight title, but he isn't.
Why? Because he missed weight, coming in at 187.5lbs, two-and-a-half pounds over the limit for a title fight and thus wasn't allowed to take the belt even with a win. And so once again, chaos reigns at 185lbs.
Is Romero the #1 contender now? Or does someone like Jacare Souza, Chris Weidman or Kelvin Gastelum have a claim due to the weight miss? And if full champ Robert Whittaker can't return quickly, should the UFC put together another interim title match between Romero and one of those three men?
Some could argue that the issue just makes Middleweight more interesting, but after almost two years of bizarre flux, what the division needs more than anything is some clarity. Rockhold winning last night would've given us a proper title fight later in the year between him and Whittaker but now - despite a great knockout - everything is up in the air at 185lbs, again.
