Weidman will get UFC middleweight title rematch against Rockhold

Middleweight champion Chris Weidman reacts to the crowd during an open workout for fighters on the UFC 194 fight card from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Thursday, Dec. 10, 2015. Martin S. Fuentes/Las Vegas Review-Journal

Luke Rockhold lies on the mat after defeating Chris Weidman during their middleweight title bout at UFC 194 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on Saturday, Dec. 12, 2015, in Las Vegas. Rockhold won by a technical knock out in the fourth round. Erik Verduzco/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow@Erik_Verduzco

Luke Rockhold, left, battles Chris Weidman during their middleweight title bout at UFC 194 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on Saturday, Dec. 12, 2015, in Las Vegas. Rockhold won by a technical knock out in the fourth round. Erik Verduzco/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow@Erik_Verduzco

Chris Weidman looks on between rounds against his fight with Luke Rockhold during their middleweight title bout at UFC 194 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on Saturday, Dec. 12, 2015, in Las Vegas. Rockhold won by a technical knock out in the fourth round. Erik Verduzco/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow@Erik_Verduzco

Luke Rockhold, left walks aways after defeating Chris Weidman during their middleweight title bout at UFC 194 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on Saturday, Dec. 12, 2015, in Las Vegas. Rockhold won by a technical knock out in the fourth round. Erik Verduzco/Las Vegas Review-Journal Follow@Erik_Verduzco

Former Ultimate Fighting Championship middleweight champ Chris Weidman will get the first crack at the belt he lost to Luke Rockhold.

UFC president Dana White announced Weidman will challenge Rockhold for the title in the main event of UFC 199 in June during a Wednesday appearance on Fox Sports 1’s “Garbage Time.”

Rockhold took the belt with a dominant performance culminating in a fourth-round knockout at UFC 194 in December.

Yoel Romero believed he had earned a shot with a split decision victory over Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza on the same night, but was flagged for a potential doping violation.

Rockhold requested a fight against Vitor Belfort, but he was booked for a main event bout against Souza in May.

No location or exact date has been announced for UFC 199.

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