Den nyblivna mellanviktsmästaren Michael Bisping verkar ha klart för sig vilka han vill möta härnäst och det är varken Luke Rockhold eller Chris Weidman. Britten som medverkade i veckans upplaga av The MMA Hour berättade för Ariel Helwani att han ser tre potentiella möten; en re-match mot Dan Henderson, en match mot Ronaldo ”Jacare” Souza eller en ”supermatch” mot den forne welterviktsmästaren Georges St Pierre.
Jacare of course is a very, very viable contender. So he’s certainly in the running. A rematch with Luke Rockhold, again, I think Luke should rematch with Chris and then whoever wins that is probably the No. 1 contender. Yes me and Luke are one and one, but that first fight was two years ago and this rematch wasn’t even close. I knocked him out in three minutes. I knocked him out cold, so maybe Chris and Luke, they have the match that was scheduled and the winner of that is the No. 1 contender.
Så här sa Bisping om varför han skulle vilja möta Hendo igen:
Of course, there’s been talk about Dan Henderson, which kind of came out of the blue. Dan Henderson kind of tweeted it out, and Joe Rogan put a picture on Instagram, and that seems to be getting a lot of traction. Of course, that is a fight that I would love. There hasn’t been any kind of offer or anything like that, but that’s a fight that I would take because everybody knows about UFC 100, and Dan Henderson still has an image of him floating above my head while I’m knocked out as his logo. So, I would like to put him in his place.
Anledningen till varför GSP dök upp på tapeten var ju självfallet den enorma lönecheck en sådan match skulle innebära för Bisping.
It kind of had come on my radar and those words really get me excited, you know. Fighting the great Georges St-Pierre, and for the title of who has the most wins in UFC history, that alone is a fantastic tagline and great promotion. Of course, the numbers would be fantastic with Georges St-Pierre because he’s a massive proven draw and at the end of the day, we are all trying to generate as much money as possible. I do want to defend the belt, and makes as much money in the process. I would certainly be open to sending St-Pierre back to a movie set because that would be a fight I would definitely win. And if Georges St-Pierre is listening, buddy, anytime you fancy it, be a man and sign on the dotted line and your return will be short-lived. But whoever it is, Georges St-Pierre, Dan Henderson, Jacare Souza, whoever it is, please line them and I will knock them down.
