Yoel Romero’s manager, Malki Kawa, says he’s been in contact with the UFC about Romero fighting UFC Middleweight Champion Michael Bisping in July.
On Wednesday, UFC President Dana White announced former welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre will no longer receive a title shot against Bisping. White made this announcement after St-Pierre said he would not be ready to fight until November.
With St-Pierre no longer fighting for the title, White said Romero would receive the next title shot.
On Thursday, Kawa said the UFC is looking at booking the fight in July. Kawa revealed his talks with the UFC while appearing on Luke Thomas’ radio show.
Even though the UFC may want the fight to happen in July, Bisping recently said he was happy St-Pierre postponed his UFC return because he would not be ready to fight in the summer. Bisping says his knee isn’t healing as well as he expected after getting surgery.
Malki Kawa says there's no bout agreement yet, but he's been in contact with UFC officials about a Bisping-Romero fight for July.
— Luke Thomas (@lthomasnews) May 11, 2017
