Top ranked contender Yoel Romero will get the next shot at middleweight champion Michael Bisping later this year.According to UFC president Dana White, Romero has waited long enough and he will get the chance to face Bisping once the champion is healthy enough to return to action.Bisping just had knee surgery earlier this week to clear up some minor problems, but the defending champion has previously stated that he expected to return to the UFC around May.Bisping had previously mentioned possible matchups against Georges St-Pierre, welterweight champion Tyron Woodley or even a second fight against former middleweight king Anderson Silva but it appears none of those fights will happen until after he faces Romero.”Yoel Romero’s been floating out there a long time waiting for a title shot. Bisping wanted to do that grudge match with Dan Henderson. It was going to be Dan Henderson’s last fight. I’ve always shown Henderson the respect I felt he deserved. He’s a guy who’s fought everybody out there. So we did that



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