Michael Bisping News

bjpenndotcom - September 30, 2016

The war of words between bitter rivals Michael Bisping and Dan Henderson continued this week during the UFC 204 Gym Day. The pair have a feud dating back seven years to season 9 of The Ultimate Fighter where Bisping coached ‘Team United Kingdom’ and Henderson coached ‘Team United States’. Following the end of the season, the pair met inside the Octagon at UFC 100. Henderson went on to win the fight via knockout, landing his now-famous H-Bomb on Bisping, leaving ‘The Count’ starched on the canvas.

bjpenndotcom - September 26, 2016

The memory of UFC 100 still lingers in the mind of the UFC middleweight champion. Michael Bisping has been one of the most prominent victims on Dan Henderson’s highlight reel after brutally knocking out the British fighter in the second round of their fight back in 2010. The champ will have his chance at redemption at UFC 204 in front of his hometown crowd in Manchester, England. Bisping discussed his upcoming title fight rematch with Dan Henderson on Monday’s edition of ‘The MMA Hour’ and blasted Hendo on his implication that Bisping was using performance enhancing drugs in his win over Rockhold:

bjpenndotcom - September 24, 2016

In under 1 month, Michael Bisping will look to make his highly anticipated first title defense when he faces MMA legend Dan Henderson in the main event of UFC 204 in Manchester, England.

bjpenndotcom - September 23, 2016

In just under a month, UFC middleweight champion Michael Bisping will make his highly anticipated first title defense when he steps into the Octagon to fight Dan Henderson in the main event of UFC 204 in Manchester, England. Ahead of the fight, Bisping has been extremely vocal about the fact that he believes he will avenge his UFC 100 loss to Henderson, and put on a spectacular display for the Manchester fans.

bjpenndotcom - August 30, 2016

While Michael Bisping may currently be slated to fight Dan Henderson at UFC 204 in Manchester, England in October, the middleweight champion has his sights set on another MMA legend, Georges St-Pierre. St-Pierre, who is currently in negotiations with the UFC regarding his return fight back to the Octagon, has yet to announce when he will be returning to the UFC, however earlier this month he stated that he is ready to make his return.

Chris Taylor - August 16, 2016

Early yesterday morning, former UFC welterweight title challenger Nick Diaz was surprised with a random drug test from USADA, this after the Stockton native had apparently been “out all night” and had gone without any sleep. Obviously Nick was not to happy about the situation and thus proceeded to share his verbal argument with the USADA agent, followed by his random drug test on social media.

Chris Taylor - August 15, 2016

The UFC officially announced that Dan Henderson will square off with Michael Bisping for the UFC middleweight championship on October 8 in Manchester, England. The UFC finally make it official. Michael Bisping vs Dan Henderson headlines UFC 204, taking place at the Manchester Arena on October 8th.

bjpenndotcom - August 11, 2016

Back in June, UFC veteran Michael Bisping stepped into the Octagon on short notice to fight Luke Rockhold for the UFC middleweight championship. Bisping went on to shock the world as he knocked out Rockhold just minutes into the first round to win the middleweight championship. Since then, the champ has been booked to defend his title at UFC 204 in Manchester, England against Dan Henderson, the man who infamously starched him at UFC 100.

Russell Ess - August 5, 2016

With the recent news that both Dan Henderson and UFC middleweight champion Michael Bisping have verbally agreed to fight at UFC 204 in Machester, the hype has just started. Bisping announced on his radio show, “The Countdown with Michael Bisping” that the two will meet in the Octagon on October 8 to fight for the middleweight title.

bjpenndotcom - August 5, 2016

After a period of much speculation, it has officially been announced that Michael Bisping’s first middleweight title defense will be against Dan Henderson at UFC 204. Bisping made the announcement on his podcast:

Chris Taylor - August 1, 2016

Current UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier was recently asked by a fan on Twitter if he would ever consider fighting current UFC middleweight champion and broadcast partner Michael Bisping in the future. Cormier replied with the following:

bjpenndotcom - July 29, 2016

[ooyala code=”c1ZzkxNTE6xNM99dDbAKDpsip3isrEjA” player_id=”bd214e34cfad476984102de4bf5e8da2″] UFC middleweight champion Michael Bisping is currently gearing up for his first middleweight title defense against Dan Henderson. While the bout has yet to receive an official date, UFC President Dana White has been adamant that Henderson will be Bisping’s first title defense.

bjpenndotcom - July 20, 2016

During the UFC 200 post-fight show, UFC President Dana White revealed that UFC middleweight champion Michael Bisping would likely be making his first title defense against Dan Henderson. White also revealed that the event would likely be going down in England. On a recent episode of The Luke Thomas show, Bisping discussed the fight, explaining that the fight will likely go down in October.

Russell Ess - July 19, 2016

With the announced middleweight title matchup between newly crowned champion Michael Bisping and legend Dan Henderson, “The Count” has taken a trip to Thailand to get some Muay Thai training in.

bjpenndotcom - July 15, 2016

Immediately following UFC 200 on Saturday night, UFC President Dana White appeared on the Fox Sports 1 post-fight show, where he announced that Michael Bisping’s first title defense will likely be against Dan Henderson in Manchester, England. The MMA community was split in two over the bout, with some excited to see if Bisping could avenge his UFC 100 loss to Henderson, while others thought the fight made no sense given Henderson’s position in the UFC rankings.

bjpenndotcom - July 14, 2016

After Michael Bisping knocked out Luke Rockhold in the main event of UFC 199 to claim the UFC middleweight championship, it was revealed that former UFC welterweight kingpin Georges St-Pierre had reached out to Bisping’s camp for a fight. Bisping stated that if St-Pierre, who hasn’t fought since 2014, wanted a title shot, all he had to do is sign on the dotted line.

bjpenndotcom - July 14, 2016

This past weekend, during the post-fight show for the UFC’s historic UFC 200 event, UFC President Dana White announced that UFC middleweight champion Michael Bisping would be defending his belt against Dan Henderson first. While Henderson is ranked #13 on the UFC’s middleweight rankings, he holds a highlight reel knockout win over Bisping. As a result, the UFC is looking to cash in on the hype of Bisping vs. Henderson II.

Russell Ess - July 13, 2016

UFC #3 ranked middleweight Jacare Souza was passed up for a shot at the UFC middleweight title, just when he thought he had it in his grips. Dana White announced after the UFC 200 event that Michael Bisping would defend his title for the first time against Dan Henderson at a date to be determined. Bisping and Henderson have a history as Henderson knocked Bisping out in spectacular fashion at UFC 100 and “The Count” is looking for redemption, now as the middleweight champion.