Earlier this month, top ranked middleweight Robert Whittaker defeated Yoel Romero to claim the interim UFC middleweight title in the main event of UFC 213. The fight was a particularly impressive one for Whittaker, as he fought through a knee injury to defeat Romero via decision.
While UFC President Dana White stated prior to the fight that the winner of the fight would go on to fight Michael Bisping for the undisputed title, the morning of UFC 213, former UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre texted both Dana White and Michael Bisping formally requesting a fight with Bisping. This built on the lengthy saga of a Bisping vs. St-Pierre fight, which ultimately saw White declare that the winner of the Whittaker-Romero fight would secure a fight with Bisping.
However, with Whittaker now potentially sidelined until 2018 with his knee injury, the possibility of a Bisping vs. St-Pierre fight is one that has now began to pick up steam.
St-Pierre recently posted the following picture on social media:
Bisping then quickly hopped into St-Pierre’s comments to call for St-Pierre to fight, saying:
“Let’s do this!”
Michael Bisping commenting on Georges St-Pierre's Instagram post urging him to make the fight happen. It appears this isn't dead just yet. pic.twitter.com/gkursTx90l
— Chamatkar Sandhu (@SandhuMMA) July 21, 2017
So far nothing from the UFC, or St-Pierre, however the date initially requested by St-Pierre the morning of UFC 213 was in November, around the time Bisping would be ready to fight again:
Spoke to GSP today. He sent a text to Bisping and Dana White this AM formally challenging Bisping to fight on 11/4 at MSG. No response yet.
— Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) July 6, 2017
"Michael, you should man up and fight me 11/4 in NY," he wrote. "I am coming out of retirement to retire you. Dana, PLEASE make it happen."
— Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) July 6, 2017
Stay tuned for updates as they become available.
This article first appeared on BJPenn.com on 7/21/2017.