Showing throughout a latest podcast sitting collectively, Michael Bisping and Luke Rockhold rekindled their dated rivalry — with the previous reminding the latter how throughout their UFC 199 rematched, he managed to cease him to win the middleweight crown, all while coping with sight points.
Bisping, a former undisputed middleweight champion, met with two-fight rival, Rockhold in a short-notice rematch in 2016, competing for Octagon spoils for the primary time throughout his prolonged tenure within the promotion — following a previous Final Fighter victory.
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First matching with the outspoken Santa Cruz native again in 2014, Manchester native, Bisping was stopped with an eventual second spherical guillotine choke, earlier than incomes his means again to a title rematch on short-notice.
Changing an injury-stricken Chris Weidman, Corridor of Fame inductee, Bisping would lay waste to an over-confident, Rockhold with a blistering opening spherical knockout win — touchdown the undisputed middleweight championship.
Michael Bisping mocks Luke Rockhold to his face over 2016 knockout loss
Tying their two-fight collection at one win apiece, though the duo didn’t ever squash their beef within the type of a trilogy rubber match, the 2 have since rekindled exterior the Octagon, with Bisping poking enjoyable at their most up-to-date matchup this week throughout an interview.
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“I knocked you out with one f*cking eye,” Michael Bisping stated sitting subsequent to Luke Rockhold throughout a latest look on the JAXXON Podcast.
“When you watch it, I’m wiping my eye every few seconds ’cause I can’t see,” Michael Bisping defined. After which, yeah, in some unspecified time in the future, you kick me within the head—good for you. After which I got here again with out the minimize and knocked you the f*ck out. And I took your belt.”
