Michael Bisping News

Russell Ess - July 1, 2016

It sounds like Michael Bisping and Dan Henderson are getting the fight they both want. Combate reported on Friday that UFC middleweight champion Michael Bisping and #13 UFC ranked middleweight Dan Henderson have both verbally agreed to fight one another for the UFC middleweight title in October. The report states that the contracts are expected to be signed in the coming weeks with the official announcement from the UFC coming shortly after.

bjpenndotcom - July 1, 2016

At UFC 200, Brock Lesnar will make his highly anticipated UFC return after nearly 5 years away from the Octagon. Lesnar will fight heavyweight legend Mark Hunt in the co-main event of the historic event.

bjpenndotcom - July 1, 2016

Back in early June, Michael Bisping knocked out Luke Rockhold in the main event of UFC 199 to claim the UFC middleweight championship. Since then, Bisping has found himself being called out by nearly the entire middleweight division. In addition, Bisping revealed that former UFC welterweight kingpin Georges St-Pierre had contacted his team about a fight. St-Pierre hadn’t fought since his 2013 split decision win over Johny Hendricks, and while rumors have continually surfaced that St-Pierre will return to the Octagon, this remains the only time St-Pierre’s team officially requested a fight.

bjpenndotcom - June 30, 2016

Since winning the UFC middleweight championship by knocking out Luke Rockhold in the main event of their UFC 199 scrap, Michael Bisping has found himself called out by nearly everyone in the top 10 of the UFC’s middleweight division.

bjpenndotcom - June 25, 2016

Since Michael Bisping won the UFC middleweight championship by knocking out Luke Rockhold in the main event of UFC 199, he has found himself being called out by nearly everyone in the top 5 of the UFC’s middleweight division. Bisping has done his best to respond to all of the challenges, pointing out that Luke Rockhold was just knocked out, Jacare Souza and Chris Weidman are injured, and that Yoel Romero has been suspended. However, the champ appears to be getting frustrated.

Russell Ess - June 24, 2016

Another name has dropped on the list of opponents for the new UFC middleweight champion Michael Bisping. Bisping opened up on his radio SiriusXM show “The Countdown” about recently hanging out with another big UFC draw that has been out of the loop with a suspension, but will be eligible to fight again in August.

bjpenndotcom - June 22, 2016

Since winning the UFC middleweight championship by knocking out Luke Rockhold in the main event of UFC 199, there has been much speculation as to who Michael Bisping’s first title defense would be against. Former middleweight champion Chris Weidman is currently sidelined after undergoing neck surgery, #1 contender Jacare Souza is out after having surgery, Yoel Romero is currently suspended, and Luke Rockhold was just knocked out by Bisping. In on editorial for Champions.co, Bisping broke down the list of middleweight contenders, paying particular attention to Dan Henderson, who holds a highlight reel KO win over Bisping:

Russell Ess - June 20, 2016

[ooyala code=”Mzc3k5NDE6Q2PpD7r9u6eHj3O6cly9wA” player_id=”bd214e34cfad476984102de4bf5e8da2″ auto=”true” width=”1280″ height=”1280″] Newly-crowned UFC middleweight champion Michael Bisping posted a new video to his social media on Monday to prove that he has not changed since realizing his dreams of winning a UFC title.

bjpenndotcom - June 18, 2016

Michael Bisping has been on cloud 9 since winning the UFC middleweight championship against Luke Rockhold earlier this month in the main event of UFC 199. Bisping stepped in on just 2 weeks notice for Chris Weidman, who was forced out of the bout with a neck injury, and ultimately knocked out Luke Rockhold in the first round. On the heels of his welcome back party at the Fox Sports 1 studio, Bisping took the middleweight strap home to Manchester, where he visited Old Trafford, home of the Manchester United football club.

Russell Ess - June 17, 2016

Chris Weidman is recovering from a neck surgery procedure that put him out of his title fight with Luke Rockhold at UFC 199. Instead of Weidman fighting for the title, Michael Bisping stepped in with less than two weeks notice and shocked the world when he knocked Rockhold out in the first round of their title fight.

bjpenndotcom - June 17, 2016

In the main event of UFC 199, Michael Bisping knocked out Luke Rockhold to claim the UFC middleweight championship. While many want to see a rematch with Luke Rockhold, or even a rematch with Dan Henderson for Bisping’s first title defense, former welterweight kingpin Georges St-Pierre is reportedly interested in returning to the Octagon for a fight with Bisping. On a recent episode of Fox Sports Live with Jay & Dan, Bisping revealed that GSP’s camp actually reached out to request a title fight against the champ:

bjpenndotcom - June 17, 2016

Earlier this month, Michael Bisping knocked out Luke Rockhold in the main event of UFC 199 to claim the UFC middleweight champion. On the same card, MMA legend Dan Henderson knocked out Hector Lombard with a brutal elbow. Given that Henderson scored one of the most iconic knockouts of all time at UFC 100 when he knocked out Michael Bisping, many wanted to see the pair fight one last time, this time for the middleweight belt. Both men want to fight again for the middleweight championship, and many fans want to see the rematch. During a recent appearance on Fox Sports Live with Jay & Dan, Bisping talked about the situation.

bjpenndotcom - June 15, 2016

This week, Michael Bisping returned to UFC Tonight on Fox Sports 1 for the first time since defeating Luke Rockhold for the middleweight championship in the main event of UFC 199 earlier this month.

bjpenndotcom - June 15, 2016

In the main event of UFC 199, Michael Bisping shocked the world as he knocked Luke Rockhold out cold in the very first round of their UFC 199 middleweight title scrap. Following the fight, Bisping and Rockhold engaged in two heated verbal exchanges. The first was in the Octagon, where Rockhold refused to shake Bisping’s hand a second time. The second was at the post-fight press conference when Rockhold began stating that he would “kill” Bisping. The pair exchanged heated words in front of media members, and ultimately had to be separated.

bjpenndotcom - June 15, 2016

At the age of 45, many are wondering at what point MMA legend Dan Henderson will walk away from the sport which he has given so much to. On the heels of his incredible UFC 199 KO win over Hector Lombard, Henderson wants to have one more fight, and then ride off into the sunset. On the main event of UFC 199, Michael Bisping shocked the world and knocked Luke Rockhold out cold to win the UFC middleweight championship. The win set up a potential rematch between the two, where Bisping could potentially avenge the brutal KO loss he suffered at UFC 100.

bjpenndotcom - June 14, 2016

Earlier this month, Michael Bisping shocked the world as he knocked out Luke Rockhold to win the UFC middleweight championship on just 2 weeks notice. Following the bout, Bisping was immediately flooded with questions regarding who his first title defense would be against. To make things more interesting, on the UFC 199 card Dan Henderson also knocked out Hector Lombard in devastating fashion. Given Bisping’s win over Rockhold, and Henderson’s win over Lombard, could the stage be set for Bisping to avenge his UFC 100 loss to Henderson?

Russell Ess - June 13, 2016

https://youtu.be/NkPj08uz8CY UFC 199 seems like there was a lot going on backstage with some fights that did not make it to any broadcast.

Russell Ess - June 13, 2016

Newly-crowned UFC middleweight champion Michael Bisping has made it clear that he doesn’t care to fight former champions Chris Weidman or Luke Rockhold. It seems Bisping is more interested in avenging a brutal knockout loss handed to him by Dan Henderson.