Manager: Bisping wants a title fight
Coming off the biggest win of his career against Anderson Silva, Michael Bisping has expressed interest in a fight with Nick Diaz, but his management recently told MMAFighting.com that he is focused on getting a shot at the middleweight title.
Coming off the biggest win of his career against Anderson Silva, Michael Bisping has expressed interest in a fight with Nick Diaz, but his management recently told MMAFighting.com that he is focused on getting a shot at the middleweight title:
“Nick Diaz is definitely calling him out and that sounds enticing and I think that would be an amazing matchup,” Attar told MMA Fighting. “But for Mike and what he’s done in the sport, he’s earned the right to say, ‘I want the winner of Rockhold and Weidman.’ I think that’s what he’s doing.”
Rockhold will make his first title defense against the man he beat for the middleweight belt, Chris Weidman, in the main event of UFC 199 on June 4 in Los Angeles. Bisping has a history with Rockhold and not a good one. Rockhold defeated Bisping by second-round submission in November 2014. But the Englishman has won three straight since then and Silva is by far the biggest victory of his career. His team believes it’s time for that title opportunity that he has not gotten in 10 years as a UFC fighter.
“Mike has always gotten right to that point before he gets a title shot,” Attar said. “For one reason or another, it didn’t go his way. A lot of times against cheaters. In this case, he won. He finally got it done and got it done against arguably the [greatest of all time] of the sport at this time.”