St. Pierre still believes in a fight with Bisping (Photo: Reproduction/Twitter)
After learning of Dana White's intention, who wants to cancel his fight with the middleweight champion Michael Bisping, Georges St Pierre reacted incredulously. The Canadian assured that he still wants to face the title holder and thinks that the Brit also wants to fight him.
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For GSP, the UFC president may have announced the cancellation of the duel as a way of putting pressure on him. Recently, St. Pierre warned that he could only face Michael Bisping starting in October, which angered the main fighters in the middleweight division. The former champion Luke Rockhold He even suggested a strike between the main names in the category until Bisping fought again.
“I want to fight with Michael Bisping and I think Bisping wants to fight me too. I just heard this news. I do not know what to say. I think it was an emotional response from Dana White. Or maybe it's Dana's attempt to pressure me. In this sport, among fighters, when one of them gets an opportunity, it ends up making more fighters sad than happy. It's the nature of individual sport. I've been in that position”, commented St. Pierre to the North American website MMA Fighting.
With GSP withdrawing from the duel with Bisping, the next challenger for the middleweight belt will be Yoel romero. The Cuban is undefeated in the UFC, achieving eight wins since signing with the organization in 2013. His last triumph was a devastating knockout over the former champion Chris Weidman at the historic UFC 205.
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