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Yoel Romero: It’s ‘crazy’ UFC, NYSAC allowed Michael Bisping to fight Kelvin Gastelum after GSP loss
Yoel Romero was not surprised with many of the outcomes from the UFC middleweight title fight between Georges St-Pierre vs. Michael Bisping, but he was surprised by one thing.
“You know, that was the big surprise. Why? It’s so crazy, it doesn’t make sense. I don’t know how the athletic commission said yes and accepted that he’d fight. It’s so crazy, it’s so crazy.”
But the NYSAC were not the only ones that allowed the fight to happen. The UFC was also involved in the decision, as the promotion acts as its own regulatory body in countries that don’t have athletic commissions, such as China.
Romero doesn’t know how the UFC and the people surrounding Bisping were OK with having him fight Gastelum, even with the green light from the NYSAC.
“I don’t know how the family, the relatives of Michael Bisping allowed him to fight,” Romero explained. “I don’t know why the team, the coaches said, ‘OK, take the fight.’
“I don’t know why Michael Bisping took the fight. I don’t know why the UFC said yes. This is very dangerous, it’s not just a fight, it’s very dangerous. Normally, he needed rest for like 16 to 19 days, you know. But he’s sleeping, he didn’t tap out, he went to sleep (in the St-Pierre bout). When that happens in a fight, like a choke or knockout, you need a rest, like a minimum of 16 days.”
The Cuban fighter believes the lack of rest in between the fights was a reason why Bisping was knocked out by Gastelum.
“I said, ‘OK, the first time with Gastelum, like a jab or something in the face, he (Bisping) was going to go out because he didn’t go through the [recuperation] and the rest that he needed.”
https://www.mmafighting.com/2018/1/...llow-bisping-to-fight-gastelum-after-gsp-loss