There was a simple plan in place for UFC middleweight champion Michael Bisping‘s next title defense.

#2 Chris Weidman fights #4 Yoel Romero at UFC 205 on November 12, 2016, at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York. And #3 Jacare Souza was to fight #1 Luke Rockhold just two weeks later at UFC Fight Night 101 on Nov. 26, 2016, in Melbourne, Australia. Whichever fighter won most compellingly would get a title shot.

However, nothing in mixed martial arts is simple.

Bisping wanted a fight sooner than any of the winners, so he called out former welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre and Nick Diaz for fights at UFC 206on December 10. Both are money fights that odds makers might well favor Bisping in.

Then Rockhold got hurt and Jacare called out Weidman, who said he had had a broken eye orbital and would take a fight in December for the millions he’d make fighting GSP, but not the $1,000,000 he might get vs. Jacare.

And now during an appearance on Friday on SuriusXM Rush, ‘The Count’ said he won’t give Romero a title fight even if he beats Weidman.

“If Yoel beats Chris, I honestly don’t think I’ll fight Yoel,” said Bisping, as transcribed by Danny Segura for MMA Fighting. “Because he tested positive for steroids. I read an article recently that said that it takes years for the advantages of taking steroids to get out of your system. Just because you don’t test positive anymore doesn’t mean you’ll lose all the extra muscle and things like that that you were able to achieve. So I think he needs longer, I really do. I don’t see why he should be rewarded.

“If Weidman wins, that’s the fight I want. Me and Weidman, for a little while now, I’d say probably the last year, have gone back and forth, back and forth, talking s***, and yeah, it’s a fight that interests me, 100 percent.”

Romero tested positive in December for the performance-enhancing drug Ibutamoren. An investigation by the United States Anti-Doping Agency determined that the drug came from a tainted over the counter supplement, and suspended Romero for only six months. Romero is the only fighter in the top 15 of the middleweight division without a division, but lacks a fan friendly style, which may give Bisping some say in saying “nope.”