Luke Rockhold not fighting situation

[timoteo]

Of course Rockhold isnt going to simply agree to fight Romero. The contract was for a title fight, which with Romero not making weight, its not a title fight anymore. If Luke took the fight and won he wouldnt get the endorsements for being a champion that he would have gotten had romero made weight. Example would be Reebok pay. He would no longer get the 30k he would make for fighting for the interm title, as well as, 40k for his next fight when he defends the title. Not to mention that if rockhold loses, the fact that romero didnt make weight plays no affect on rankings and negatitvely affects rockholds ability to be in line for the title despite that he had the discipline his opponent did not.

I dont like rockhold at all. I think hes the whinniest most annoying fighter on the roster. However, I dont think for one second that he should take this fight without renegotiating his contract which would include: Romeros 20% purse and 100% of his ppv pay, 30/70k show/win money to compensate for reebok pay, any money lost out on through other endorsements since its no longer a title fight, his original show money since its already guaranteed since he essentially won plus a new show/win purse for essentially what is rockhold vs romero 2. The UFC has something on the line to lose and so does Rockhold and the situation should be treated as such. I imagine this is what is going through his managers head and imagine his manager is not letting him fight.

Do you agree/How do you think the situation should be handled?

 

[DaleBoca]

Oh okay.

 

[MysticGOD]

Rockhold will fight trust me, he just wants mkre money and to renegotiate the contract

 

[Dozer .]

Rockhold is playing it smart. He’s gonna squeeze WME out of as much money as he can

 

[cambo78]

I dont like rockhold at all. I think hes the whinniest most annoying fighter on the roster. However, I dont think for one second that he should take this fight without renegotiating his contract which would include: Romeros 20% purse and 100% of his ppv pay, 30/70k show/win money to compensate for reebok pay, any money lost out on through other endorsements since its no longer a title fight, his original show money since its already guaranteed since he essentially won plus a new show/win purse for essentially what is rockhold vs romero 2. The UFC has something on the line to lose and so does Rockhold and the situation should be treated as such. I imagine this is what is going through his managers head and imagine his manager is not letting him fight.

Really??.........REEEEAALLLLLLY????????

 

[blingking]

Rockhold would still be fighting for a belt, Romero wouldn’t.

 

[Bumblebeef]

megan olivi doesnt like this

 

[Thepaintbucket]

Of course it's in a fighters interest to try and milk a renegotiation.

Btw he won't be getting PPV points cause it won't sell well.

 

[DRMZ]

What’s going on? Woke up to see Romero has missed weight, but can’t see any concrete info on whether the fight is on or off?

 

[12ga.]

What’s going on? Woke up to see Romero has missed weight, but can’t see any concrete info on whether the fight is on or off?

Romero missed by 3 lbs BFD, HWs fight at 40 lbs disparity all the time. Now he's balking at fight.

 

[Calipwnia]

This fight has to happen. How many times can the UFC version of mma disappoint us. Hard to be a fan of top mma these days. Whittaker, Conor, Holloway. Stipe vs DC and Eagle vs Ferg are only hopes left.

 

[P0NYBOY]

Romero gave up trying to make weight long before the first attempt and is concentrating on extending his advantage by not draining himself to make the weight.

 

[hillelslovak87]

Rocksalt don't want none a this, my dawg

 

[crocopteam]

megan olivi doesnt like this

 

[subhuman trash]

You know he was looking for any reason to get out of fighting Romero.

 

[giusti825]

If Rockhold doesn't get

1. A bump in pay for the fight

2. A fight-night weight limit for romero....

3. the interim belt still a possibility for him.....

then rockhold shouldnt take the fight.....

But Brett Okamoto apparently tweeted out that the fights on around 1:30.....so we'll see what happened when the purses are released....

 

[LUDELOW]

fake news, fuck op

 

[juncito]

It's still a title fight just not for romero

 

[TheRassler]

Rockhold will fight trust me, he just wants mkre money and to renegotiate the contract

If he was smart, that's what he would do.

If he wants to be a puppet or yes-man or company man, he'll be dumb enough to take the fight without renegotiation.

Your move, Luke. Don't screw this up.

 

[timoteo]

Really??.........REEEEAALLLLLLY????????

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honestly its pretty close. Rockhold is more in the limelight though and is frequently praised and talked about like hes the best middleweight of all time which fuels the annoyance even more. Colby is just the latest version of koscheck for the ww division. nobody reallly likes him so hes easy to ignore