{"id":195282,"date":"2016-05-27T08:54:56","date_gmt":"2016-05-27T15:54:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=195282"},"modified":"2016-05-27T08:54:56","modified_gmt":"2016-05-27T15:54:56","slug":"michael-bisping-fires-back-luke-rockhold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/michael-bisping\/michael-bisping-fires-back-luke-rockhold\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Bisping fires back at Luke Rockhold"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Bisping and Luke Rockhold certainly have a history.  To add on to the animosity between the two, <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/replay-watch-luke-rockhold-choke-out-michael-bisping\/\">Rockhold defeated Bisping<\/a> in the pair&#8217;s first Octagon meeting back in 2014.  <\/p>\n<p>Now, as Bisping prepares to challenge Rockhold for his UFC middleweight championship <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/luke-rockhold\/luke-rockhold-gets-new-opponent-ufc-199\/\">on June 4th at UFC 199<\/a>, Rockhold has declared <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/luke-rockhold\/luke-rockhold-wants-to-retire-michael-bisping-at-ufc-199\/\">his plans to retire the UFC veteran.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>That didn&#8217;t sit too well with Bisping, who fired back during the UFC 199 conference call.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2016\/5\/26\/11793922\/luke-rockhold-says-that-ufc-199-will-be-michael-bisping-s-swansong\" target=\"_blank\">MMAFighting<\/a> has the transcription:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;Look I\u2019ve got nothing against you, Luke, personally, we\u2019re both competitors,&#8221; Bisping said. &#8220;We\u2019re in the same weight class. Yeah, you hold a victory over me, and I want to rectify that. I wish you all the best. Listen, we\u2019ve got mutual friends, I\u2019m sure you\u2019re a great guy. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But for me, I have to win this belt. I have to beat you to get a chance at redemption. You\u2019re very, very confident that you\u2019re going to humiliate me, listen \u2014 do not underestimate me, my friend, okay? Alright, you did well, you beat me once, try and pull it off twice. It has never happened before, and it will never happen. Believe you me, if you saw the way I was sparring right now you wouldn\u2019t be so sure about it.&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>How do you see the bout playing out on June 4th? Give us your predictions below!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Bisping and Luke Rockhold certainly have a history. To add on to the animosity between the two, Rockhold defeated Bisping in the pair&#8217;s first Octagon meeting back in 2014. 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