{"id":200729,"date":"2016-08-09T08:04:16","date_gmt":"2016-08-09T15:04:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=200729"},"modified":"2016-08-09T08:04:16","modified_gmt":"2016-08-09T15:04:16","slug":"chris-weidman-discusses-stupid-michael-bisping-vs-dan-henderson-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/chris-weidman\/chris-weidman-discusses-stupid-michael-bisping-vs-dan-henderson-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Weidman discusses &#8220;stupid&#8221; Michael Bisping vs. Dan Henderson fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former UFC middleweight champion <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/chris-weidman\/chris-weidman-undergoes-successful-neck-surgery\/\">Chris Weidman may be sidelined following neck surgery<\/a>, which forced him out of his UFC 199 title fight with Luke Rockhold, however that hasn&#8217;t stopped &#8216;The All American&#8217; from being extremely vocal in regards to his <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/michael-bisping\/chris-weidman-reacts-to-potential-georges-st-pierre-vs-michael-bisping-fight\/\">feelings towards the middleweight title picture.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Last week, the <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/michael-bisping\/michael-bisping-vs-dan-henderson-2-official-for-ufc-204\/\">UFC officially announced Michael Bisping would defend his middleweight title against Dan Henderson<\/a> at UFC 204 in Manchester, England.  <\/p>\n<p>That didn&#8217;t sit too well with Weidman, who has been very vocal about his dislike for the matchup since UFC President Dana White mentioned that the fight could happen after UFC 200.<\/p>\n<p>Weidman spoke to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2016\/8\/8\/12404786\/chris-weidman-doubtful-dan-henderson-retires-if-he-wins-middleweight\" target=\"_blank\">MMAFighting<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cI think it\u2019s kind of stupid, but I also don\u2019t like complaining about something that\u2019s already done,\u201d Weidman said. \u201cIt is what it is, and because it\u2019s a done deal, you focus on the facts, and it\u2019s a cool thing for Dan Henderson. He\u2019s 46 years old and he gets the chance to retire with winning the belt. So you\u2019ve got to be happy for him. I can\u2019t complain too much.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was complaining when it mattered, because I just didn\u2019t think he deserved the shot at all, and to set the precedent for the future of the sport, that is not good. It kind of takes away from working your way to fight for the title\u2026\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman may be sidelined following neck surgery, which forced him out of his UFC 199 title fight with Luke Rockhold, however that hasn&#8217;t stopped &#8216;The All American&#8217; from being extremely vocal in regards to his feelings towards the middleweight title picture. 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