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Morning Report: Luke Rockhold says Georges St-Pierre is 'trying to find his way out' of fighting Robert Whittaker

Since Michael Bisping knocked out Luke Rockhold last year at UFC 199 to claim the UFC middleweight title, the 185 pound division has been in a complicated spot. Despite the division having a plethora of contenders with legitimate claims to title shots, Bisping instead first defended his belt against barely ranked middleweight Dan Henderson before embarking on a months long game of will-they-won’t-they with Georges St-Pierre. In the meantime, Robert Whittaker put together quite the resume, defeating two top-five opponents to claim an interim middleweight title as a way of keeping the division moving.