Does anyone other than recent UFC 221 main-event winner Yoel Romero deserve the next shot at middleweight champion Robert Whittaker?

That was the question for MMAjunkie Radio’s new daily debate feature.

We polled MMAjunkie readers and MMAjunkie Radio listeners to see who should be next for Whittaker (19-4 MMA, 10-2 UFC), who was supposed to fight Romero (13-2 MMA, 9-1 UFC) at UFC 221 before a staph infection forced him off this past Saturday’s card. Romero instead fought and knocked out ex-champ Rockhold (16-4 MMA, 6-3 UFC) – but he missed weight for the interim title fight and wasn’t eligible for the belt.

Should his inability to make weight for the fairly short-notice fight – or the fact that Romero suffered a decision loss to Whittaker in his bout prior to Rockhold – preclude him from getting the next shot at the champ?

Or should Whittaker, who was later promoted from interim to undisputed champ after the Romero victory, find someone else? After all, Chris Weidman (14-3 MMA, 10-3 UFC), who’s No. 7 in the USA TODAY Sports/MMAjunkie MMA middleweight rankings, thinks he should get it. No. 5 Ronaldo Souza (25-5 MMA, 8-2 UFC) and No. 8 Kelvin Gastelum (14-3 MMA, 9-3 UFC) are also options.

But the voters weighed in, and the majority clearly sees Romero as the rightful choice (via Twitter):

Check out the video above as MMAjunkie Radio hosts “Gorgeous” George Garcia, Brian “Goze” Garcia and Dan Tom – as well as guest host/UFC fighter Belal Muhammad – discuss Whittaker’s options and why Romero should get the next shot at the belt.

And for complete coverage of UFC 221, check out the UFC Events section of the site.

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