{"id":196571,"date":"2016-06-14T10:18:02","date_gmt":"2016-06-14T17:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=196571"},"modified":"2016-06-14T10:18:39","modified_gmt":"2016-06-14T17:18:39","slug":"michael-bisping-names-ideal-opponent-first-title-defense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/michael-bisping\/michael-bisping-names-ideal-opponent-first-title-defense\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Bisping names ideal opponent for first title defense"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this month, Michael Bisping shocked the world as he <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/video-michael-bisping-vs-luke-rockhold-highlights\/\">knocked out Luke Rockhold<\/a> to win the UFC middleweight championship on just 2 weeks notice. Following the bout, Bisping was immediately flooded with questions regarding who his first title defense would be against.  <\/p>\n<p>To make things more interesting, on the UFC 199 card <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/hector-lombard\/video-dan-henderson-destroys-hector-lombard-at-ufc-199\/\">Dan Henderson also knocked out Hector Lombard<\/a> in devastating fashion.  Given Bisping&#8217;s win over Rockhold, and Henderson&#8217;s win over Lombard, could the stage be set for Bisping to avenge his <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/michael-bispings-coach-wants-to-see-bisping-vs-dan-henderson-ii\/\">UFC 100 loss to Henderson?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>He spoke to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2016\/6\/13\/11925682\/michael-bisping-would-love-a-rematch-with-dan-henderson-yet-also\" target=\"_blank\">MMAFighting<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cOf course, there\u2019s been talk about Dan Henderson, which kind of came out of the blue,\u201d Bisping said. \u201cDan Henderson kind of tweeted it out, and Joe Rogan put a picture on Instagram, and that seems to be getting a lot of traction. Of course, that is a fight that I would love. There hasn\u2019t been any kind of offer or anything like that, but that\u2019s a fight that I would take because everybody knows about UFC 100, and Dan Henderson still has an image of him floating above my head while I\u2019m knocked out as his logo. So, I would like to put him in his place.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>While Henderson is just 2-3 in his last 5, do you think this rematch will happen?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Video | Urijah Faber<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[ooyala code=&#8221;NuY2VzMzE6J-phErLUq13oRDvbCSIghz&#8221; player_id=&#8221;bd214e34cfad476984102de4bf5e8da2&#8243; auto=&#8221;true&#8221; width=&#8221;1280&#8243; height=&#8221;1280&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this month, Michael Bisping shocked the world as he knocked out Luke Rockhold to win the UFC middleweight championship on just 2 weeks notice. Following the bout, Bisping was immediately flooded with questions regarding who his first title defense would be against. 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