Bisping claims injury and rules out facing Jacaré at UFC 206

M. Bisping said that a duel against R. Jacaré will not happen in 2016. (Photo: Getty Images)

Days after asking for a fight against Georges St Pierre ou Nick Diaz at UFC 206, an event that will take place in Toronto, Canada, on December 10th, Michael Bisping appears to have changed his mind about his future in the Octagon. Challenged by Ronaldo Jacare, which was left unmatched after Luke Rockhold was injured and left UFC Australia, Bisping changed his tone and claimed to be injured, which would make it impossible for him to fight this year.

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In an interview with the program “UFC Tonight” (USA), the current middleweight champion justified his choice of GSP by claiming the millionaire salary he would eventually receive, which, according to him, would be enough to accept the duel, even without presenting the physical conditions. ideals.

“I’ve never turned down on anyone in my life. Now, I know what everyone at home is going to say. 'Didn't you challenge GSP a few weeks ago?;. Yes, I did, but I actually thought about it: it was a massive payout, I would earn around 3 to 4 million dollars for this fight. Against Jacaré, I would have around a quarter of that. As you all know, I struggled with Dan Henderson very recently. I have a fracture in my orbital bone. I am taking PRP (platelet rich plasma) injections. I don't know what they are, but it sounds fancy. I'm going to use them on my leg Friday. I’m limping and I have a fractured orbital”, declared the Englishman.

Bisping, however, guaranteed that Jacaré or the winner of the confrontation between Chris Weidman e Yoel romero, who will face each other at UFC 205, on November 12th, in New York, should be the next challenger for the middleweight belt. “Yoel and Weidman will fight and whoever wins, whoever it is, or Jacaré, will be my next fight. But I'm not going to do that in a few weeks. You'll make it, Jacaré. And you're going to get Yoel, Weidman and Rockhold, all of you. Don’t make mistakes”, concluded the fighter.