{"id":194445,"date":"2016-05-17T14:30:58","date_gmt":"2016-05-17T21:30:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=194445"},"modified":"2016-05-17T14:45:44","modified_gmt":"2016-05-17T21:45:44","slug":"michael-bisping-reacts-to-chris-weidman-pulling-out-of-ufc-199","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/michael-bisping\/michael-bisping-reacts-to-chris-weidman-pulling-out-of-ufc-199\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Bisping reacts to Chris Weidman pulling out of UFC 199"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>News broke Tuesday afternoon that former UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/chris-weidman\/chris-weidman-reportedly-out-of-ufc-199-due-to-injury\/\">had been forced out<\/a> of his UFC 199 headlining fight with Luke Rockhold <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/chris-weidman\/chris-weidman-reportedly-out-of-ufc-199-due-to-injury\/\">due to an injury.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>While there was no immediate word given on who would replace Weidman, many expected <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ronaldo-jacare-souza\/video-jacare-souza-tkos-vitor-belfort\/\">either Jacare Souza<\/a> or Michael Bisping to step up on short notice to fight Rockhold on June 4th.<\/p>\n<p>Now, Bisping has released his statement regarding the situation!<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Training camps separate the boys from the men. This sport isn&#39;t for everyone. 2 weeks notice? I&#39;m down!!! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ufc\">@ufc<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/realfighter?src=hash\">#realfighter<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/fightersfighter?src=hash\">#fightersfighter<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; michael (@bisping) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bisping\/status\/732681701168689152\">May 17, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I&#39;ve seen less brittle Pringles than some of these middle weights. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/usada?src=hash\">#usada<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; michael (@bisping) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bisping\/status\/732688396502589441\">May 17, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News broke Tuesday afternoon that former UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman had been forced out of his UFC 199 headlining fight with Luke Rockhold due to an injury. 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