10 Things You Need To Know Ahead Of UFC 213
4. The Co-Main Event Winner Will Be Favourite Against Michael Bisping
With an interim middleweight championship on the line due to Michael Bisping's injury, Yoel Romero and Robert Whittaker will go to war.
Romero is one of the freakiest athletes in UFC at the moment. His ability to explode and finish his opponents in devastating fashion has helped him remain undefeated despite being a latecomer to the MMA party. At the age of 40, this might be his one and only shot at UFC gold. An Olympic Silver medalist in wrestling, the Cuban can beat you in a number of ways.
Whittaker is as well rounded as a fighter of his age can be. At just 26, he has put together a seven fight win streak, most recently starching Jacare Souza in an upset. While he's comfortable wherever the fight goes, it's his boxing that has carried him through his current win streak, scoring four of those wins by KO/TKO.
Bisping has been perhaps unfairly labelled as a placeholder since winning the belt. He would go into a fight against either man as the underdog, but you can't write off a man who rolled off the couch on short notice to knock out Luke Rockhold.