Bisping Vs Yoel
The UFC, who acted as the regulatory body in China, also gave Bisping the green light. Bisping was knocked out in the first round by Gastelum, suffering two back-to-back stoppage losses in the. Bisping, who is a former middleweight champion almost fought Yoel Romero at one point. The fight may have not happened but it gave us a lot of entertaining moments. During his fighting days, Bisping was known for his trash-talking abilities. He always portrayed himself as the bad guy and tried to get into his opponent’s heads. Michael Bisping has rarely had nice things to say about Yoel Romero. But even he had to be impressed by Romero’s latest victory. Earlier this week, Romero won his lawsuit against Gold Star.
It appears as though former rivals Michael Bisping and Luke Rockhold are on cordial terms now. RVCA head coach, Jason Parillo, posted a video of the two men embracing each other when ‘The Count’ entered the gym. Rockhold has been training under Jason Parillo recently, who was Bisping’s head coach for a number of years.
Bisping also posted a video of him cheering on Luke Rockhold as he practiced a few drills on the boxing bag. Rockhold responded by asking his dog Lucy to ‘get him’. ‘The Count’ then posted a video with Rockhold’s dog and claimed that the canine liked him more than he liked Luke.
Top-ranked contender Yoel Romero will get the next shot at middleweight champion Michael Bisping later this year. According to UFC president Dana White, Romero has waited long enough and he will.
Rockhold and Bisping were involved in arguably the most intense rivalry in middleweight history. The two men faced each other twice in the octagon and have one win apiece. In November 2014, Rockhold submitted Bisping via guillotine choke to secure the win.
Two years later, the two men fought for the middleweight belt as Bisping was the last-minute replacement for Chris Weidman. Despite taking the fight on short notice, ‘The Count’ registered one of the biggest upsets in UFC history when he stopped Rockhold in the very first round at UFC 199.
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Luke Rockhold set to come back later this year
In a recent interview with Submission Radio, Rockhold announced that he would be coming back to fight once again.
Since 2016, Rockhold has fought only thrice in the UFC. he registered a TKO win against David Branch in 2017, followed by two back-to-back vicious KO losses against Yoel Romero and Jan Blachowicz.
Rockhold’s last fight was at light heavyweight where he was defeated by the current champion of the division. In the interview, he stated that he would most likely return to the middleweight division once again, but did not commit to it.
Rockhold also clarified that he would want to fight a top 10 opponent irrespective of which weight classes he returns to.
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Michael Bisping and Yoel Romero have quite a history. Bisping, who is a former middleweight champion almost fought Yoel Romero at one point. The fight may have not happened but it gave us a lot of entertaining moments.
During his fighting days, Bisping was known for his trash-talking abilities. He always portrayed himself as the bad guy and tried to get into his opponent’s heads. Bisping works as an analyst cum commentator for the UFC.
Bisping is still sharp with his words.
After his victory over Chris Weidman in 2016, Yoel Romero called out then-champion, Michael Bisping. It was one of the most entertaining call-outs in UFC history. Romero said, “I love you Mike…See you soon, boy.”
Bisping responded by showing him the middle finger and made signs of syringes. Indicating steroid usage by Romero. Although Romero has claimed that he does not use any anabolic substances, many believe otherwise. Michael Bisping was one of them.
Michael Bisping Vs Yoel
However, Romero did fail a USADA drug test for a banned substance. But, it was later proved that the failed test was a result of a contaminated supplement. Romero later sued the company responsible for the product.
Bisping Responds to Romero
Bisping Vs Yoel
Had Romero won the interim title match against Robert Whittaker, Michael Bisping vs Yoel Romero would have been booked for the undisputed championship. However, it did not happen.
When a fan tried to claim that Bisping was ducking Romero, “The Count” had this to say:
Michael Bisping Vs Yoel Romero
Although Romero is 42 years old, he is still competing and is in great shape. He will get a third crack at the middleweight title against Israel “the last Stylebender” Adesanya at UfC 248.
Adesanya, who dethroned Robert Whittaker last October, will face one of his toughest opponents in Yoel Romero. An elite striker in Adesanya will take on the Olympic silver medalist in wrestling with brutal knockout power.
How do you think the champion will fare against the Cuban wrecking machine?
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