{"id":196846,"date":"2016-06-17T13:36:13","date_gmt":"2016-06-17T20:36:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=196846"},"modified":"2016-06-17T13:36:13","modified_gmt":"2016-06-17T20:36:13","slug":"chris-weidman-trolls-michael-bisping-easiest-fight-ive-probably-five-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/michael-bisping\/chris-weidman-trolls-michael-bisping-easiest-fight-ive-probably-five-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Weidman trolls Michael Bisping: &#8216;Would be the easiest fight I\u2019ve had in probably five years&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chris Weidman is <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/chris-weidman\/chris-weidman-undergoes-successful-neck-surgery\/\">recovering from a neck surgery<\/a> procedure that put him out of his title fight with Luke Rockhold at UFC 199.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of Weidman fighting for the title, Michael Bisping stepped in with less than two weeks notice and shocked the world when he <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc-results\/ufc-199-results\/pros-react-to-michael-bispings-ko-victory-over-luke-rockhold\/\">knocked Rockhold out<\/a> in the first round of their title fight.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll of a sudden he\u2019s the matchmaker \u2013 Bisping the matchmaker,\u201d Weidman told <a href=\"http:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2016\/06\/chris-weidman-champ-michael-bisping-the-matchmaker-would-be-my-easiest-fight-in-5-years\" target=\"_blank\">MMA Junkie<\/a> of the champion&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/michael-bisping\/michael-bisping-names-ideal-opponent-first-title-defense\/\">yearning to rematch Dan Henderson<\/a> in his first title defense.. \u201cIt\u2019s weird. The guy\u2019s been trying to catch my attention, he\u2019s been trying to talk, and he\u2019s just been talking down on my career since I\u2019ve been in the sport, since I got into the UFC. He\u2019s never said a nice thing about me. Now all of a sudden this guy\u2019s champion and it\u2019s really because of me. He should really just be thanking me, kissing my feet. But instead he\u2019s just opening his mouth trying to discredit me still.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While Weidman isn&#8217;t back to training yet with his recent surgery, the former champ says that he wants his title back and says that taking it from Bisping would be a stroll in the park for him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ll be ready to go pretty soon here and I\u2019ll be fighting at (Madison Square Garden) for sure,\u201d Weidman said. \u201cI want to fight for the title, that\u2019s obviously where it\u2019s at, that\u2019s where the moneys at. I want to be able to provide for my family and Bisping would be the easiest fight I\u2019ve had in probably five years. Why not win the title and win a lot of money and have an easy fight all in one time?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Who would you like to see Michael Bisping defend the UFC middleweight title against? Tell all in the comment section!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chris Weidman is recovering from a neck surgery procedure that put him out of his title fight with Luke Rockhold at UFC 199. 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