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Rockhold offered to fight the legendary middleweight after his UFC 212 fight with Kelvin Gastelum fell through.

Silva publicly poo-pooed the idea of taking on the Rockhold, citing his recent loss to Michael Bisping as a reason why the fight wouldn't be beneficial for him.

Rockhold, who successfully underwent stem-cell treatment on his injured left knee in February, doesn't understand Silva's excuse for turning down a fight with him, pointing out the fact he's only won one of his last five outings inside the Octagon.

“He made an excuse saying I’m coming off a loss and (he’s) coming off a win, but if you look at his record he’s [1-4 (1 NC)] in his last five fights, six fights and his win is questionable,” Rockhold told Submission Radio.

“So I don’t know where he is. He’s justifying that case is kind of… I don’t really understand that justification.

"So I’m just coming off a title loss and going five and one against the best guys in the world. So yeah, good luck with that one.

"But we’re moving on to UFC 213 and we’re trying to find a contender, somebody who’s up there, somebody who wants to get dirty and get back to that title and that’s what I want.”

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One man who is on the hunt for the title is Olympian Yoel Romero, who was the official contender for the middleweight crown before booking Michael Bisping vs Georges St-Pierre.

Both Rockhold and Romero believe Bisping's second title defence warrants the introduction of an interim middleweight belt.

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And Rockhold is more than willing to throw down with the Cuban wrecking machine.

"Romero wants that interim title, I know that for a fact and he’s not going to fight anybody else so if that comes to be, I’d gladly fight Yoel," 32-year-old Rockhold said.

"That’s one and two. One and two should fight for it, if that’s the case.

"The champion should fight one but if one and two are fighting, it should be an interim title, a guarantee that we’re gonna fight for the title next.”