Chris Weidman is not happy with the current scene in the middleweight division.

UFC middleweight champion Robert Whittaker has shared some unfortunate news that will put him on the sidelines until next year.

Whittaker won the interim title when he beat Yoel Romero back at UFC 213 in July of 2017 by unanimous decision then moving along to the main event of the main card for the UFC 225 pay-per-view event at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois, Romero suffered a devastating split decision loss to Whittaker.

The UFC middleweight champion has he revealed that he had surgery on his broken hand that he suffered in his rematch with Romero and that he’ll likely be sidelined until February of next year.

The UFC has already announced that once Whittaker is healthy enough to fight again, he will make his next title defense against top contender Kelvin Gastelum.

Although an official date and venue has not been announced as well as coach the upcoming The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 28 opposite of Gastelum.

Weidman gave his take on the situation on this week’s episode of “Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show” on ESPN.

In this interview, he stated that the reason that UFC officials told him for deciding it was best to pass over him in favor of Gastelum.

Weidman has the chance to prove the UFC wrong when he fights ex-middleweight champion Luke Rockhold in a rematch at the upcoming UFC 230 pay-per-view event that goes down Saturday, November 3, 2018 at Madison Square Garden in Manhattan, New York City.

The main card will air on pay-per-view at 10 p.m. ET while the preliminary card will air on FOX Sports 1 at 8 p.m. ET and the promotion’s streaming service, UFC Fight Pass.

“They were saying they couldn’t depend on me with my hand. They were worried about my hand not being ready in time,” Weidman said (transcript via MMA Mania). “They were initially saying they were going to (have me) fight at the end of the year show, and I was telling them I’d definitely be ready.

And they said they couldn’t really justify putting money into the Ultimate Fighter show with the chance of me not being able to fight.”

“It kind of pisses me off because there are a whole lot of things that can go wrong with any fighter, so for them to put me in that predicament pisses me off a little, but what are you going to do?” Weidman said.

“I mean you got Gastelum who hasn’t made weight, Yoel Romero hasn’t made weight and Whittaker has been injured, too.” There’s always things, it’s not like I am the only guy…what can you do?”