As soon as Michael Bisping was announced as the late notice replacement for Chris Weidman to face Luke Rockhold, you knew there was going to be some smack talk. It happened the first time through when they fought at UFC Fight Night 55 in Sydney, Australia in 2014, when Rockhold scored a second-round submission victory over England’s own.
And it happened again on Thursday during the UFC 199 media conference call to set the table for the rematch.
After a full decade in the UFC, Bisping is getting his title shot, if even under extenuating circumstances.