Michael Bisping News

Chris Taylor - May 29, 2016

On June 4 UFC veteran Michael Bisping will get his first shot at UFC gold when he steps in on short-notice to face current middleweight champion Luke Rockhold in the main event of UFC 199. Although “The Count” has been busy filming a movie in recent weeks, the brash English star seems to be in very good shape headed in to his first UFC title bout.

bjpenndotcom - May 27, 2016

Michael Bisping and Luke Rockhold certainly have a history. To add on to the animosity between the two, Rockhold defeated Bisping in the pair’s first Octagon meeting back in 2014. Now, as Bisping prepares to challenge Rockhold for his UFC middleweight championship on June 4th at UFC 199, Rockhold has declared his plans to retire the UFC veteran.

bjpenndotcom - May 24, 2016

https://youtu.be/vZHcStABPe0 By now the MMA world knows that Michael Bisping has stepped in on short notice to fight Luke Rockhold in the main event of UFC 199 on June 4th after Chris Weidman was forced out of the bout with a neck injury.

Russell Ess - May 23, 2016

Michael Bisping will get his chance to become a UFC world champion on June 4 when he challenges middleweight champion Luke Rockhold at UFC 199. Bisping knows that this may be his only chance at UFC gold and accepting the fight with just over two weeks notice, he is ready to realize his dream by beating the champ who he is not very fond of.

bjpenndotcom - May 19, 2016

The MMA world was rather stunned when Michael Bisping revealed that his upcoming short notice fight against Luke Rockhold would actually be a trilogy fight, and not a rematch as many believed. When Chris Weidman withdrew from UFC 199 earlier this week due to a neck injury, fans anxiously waited to find out whether Michael Bisping or Jacare Souza would be given the nod to fight for the middleweight championship on short notice.

Russell Ess - May 18, 2016

Michael “The Count” Bisping will get his first UFC title shot just shy of the 10 year anniversary of his UFC debut. Going into his 26th UFC fight, Bisping will fight middleweight champion Luke Rockhold for the title on June 4 at UFC 199. Bisping steps in on two and a half weeks notice after Rockhold’s originally scheduled opponent, Chris Weidman, was forced to pull out of the fight due to an injury.

Chris Taylor - May 18, 2016

Yesterday evening news broke that former UFC middleweight title holder Chris Weidman had suffered an injury and was forced to withdraw from his scheduled UFC 199 rematch with current champion Luke Rockhold on June 4 in Los Angeles. Shortly after the news broke, multiple fighters took to Twitter to ask for the short-notice fight with Rockhold.

bjpenndotcom - May 17, 2016

News broke Tuesday afternoon that former UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman had been forced out of his UFC 199 headlining fight with Luke Rockhold due to an injury. While there was no immediate word given on who would replace Weidman, many expected either Jacare Souza or Michael Bisping to step up on short notice to fight Rockhold on June 4th.

bjpenndotcom - May 4, 2016

Since Michael Bisping defeated Anderson Silva in the main event of ‘UFC London’ back in February, there has been much speculation as to where Bisping falls in the UFC middleweight title picture. While Yoel Romero became the #1 contender at middleweight after defeating Jacare Souza at UFC 194, a failed drug test has landed Romero a 6 month suspension. The way Bisping sees is, he has earned the right to fight the winner of UFC 199’s Rockhold vs. Weidman rematch.

Chris Taylor - April 13, 2016

UFC middleweight contender Michael Bisping was “not surprised” when news broke that Lyoto Machida was forced to withdraw from this weekend’s UFC on FOX event in Tampa, Florida. Machida fails drug test. In the words of Nate Diaz "I'm not surprised motherfuckers!"

bjpenndotcom - April 5, 2016

After Yoel Romero’s controversial split decision win over Ronaldo ‘Jacare’ Souza at UFC 194 in December, the Cuban Olympian failed an out-of-competition drug test. While failing a drug test is normally a 12-month suspension, Romero and USADA managed to reach a settlement agreement after he blamed the testing failure on a tainted supplement that he was taking.

bjpenndotcom - April 2, 2016

While Alexander Gustafsson’s fake retirement prank was certainly one of the harsher April Fools Day pranks yesterday, Michael Bisping and Bas Rutten pranked the entire world live on air with this incredible ‘argument’.

Russell Ess - March 25, 2016

If you have not seen the viral video of comedian Katt Williams getting into a physical fight with a young boy, here is a piece of UFC veteran Michael Bisping’s analysis of the scrap. Bisping was a guest on Sirius XM Rush and called his review of the fight.

bjpenndotcom - March 1, 2016

On Saturday in the main event of UFC London, Michael Bisping and Anderson Silva went to war for 5 rounds. Ultimately, all 3 judges scored the bout in Bisping’s favor, giving him the unanimous decision win. With that being said, many, including UFC President Dana White, believed that the bout should have been scored in Silva’s favor. This lead Silva’s camp to reveal that they plan to try and get the loss overturned.

bjpenndotcom - February 29, 2016

At the end of the 3rd round, actually the final second of the 3rd round, Anderson Silva jumped off the canvas and hit Michael Bisping in the face with a flying knee.  Down goes Bisping, Silva jumps up on the cage to celebrate his 3rd round  KO.  Unfortunately referee Herb Dean did not call an end to the fight and Silva had to be taken off the top of the cage and convinced the fight was still on. Bisping makes it thru the next 2 rounds and, as most of you know now, wins an unanimous-decision victory.

Chris Taylor - February 29, 2016

Michael Bisping scored the biggest win of his mixed martial arts career this past Saturday in London, when he defeated former UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva via unanimous decision. Many expected Bisping to call for a title shot in his post-fight speech, but “The Count” opted against making the callout and instead just chose to enjoy the moment.

Chris Taylor - February 28, 2016

This. 🙌🏽 @mikebisping @spiderandersonsilva #Repost @rebeccabisping ・・・ Sportsmanship!! 👍🏼 A photo posted by ufc (@ufc) on Feb 28, 2016 at 1:37am PST

Chris Taylor - February 28, 2016

Michael Bisping scored the biggest win of his mixed martial arts career yesterday in London, when he defeated former UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva via unanimous decision.