{"id":211510,"date":"2016-11-29T16:43:01","date_gmt":"2016-11-30T00:43:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=211510"},"modified":"2016-11-29T16:43:01","modified_gmt":"2016-11-30T00:43:01","slug":"michael-bisping-none-contenders-will-stand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/michael-bisping\/michael-bisping-none-contenders-will-stand\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Bisping: &#8216;None of these contenders will stand with me&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As the champion of the UFC&#8217;s stacked middleweight division, England&#8217;s Michael Bisping has a big, red target on his back. All around him, dangerous contenders are swirling, each hungry for their shot at the title <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/michael-bisping\/video-watch-michael-bisping-knock-luke-rockhold-out-cold-at-ufc-199\/\">he swiped from Luke Rockhold earlier this year<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Bisping&#8217;s next challenge as champion is likely to be provided by former Olympic wrestler Yoel Romero, who earned the title shot with <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/yoel-romero\/mma-community-reacts-yoel-romeros-ko-chris-weidman\/\">a blistering, flying knee knockout of former champion Chris Weidman on the main card of UFC 205<\/a>. Just behind Romero is Ronaldo &#8220;Jacare&#8221; Souza, a ferocious grappler who, today, is as known for <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/watch-jacare-kos-2-sparring-partners-ahead-of-ufc-194-bout\/\">his fight-altering punching power<\/a> as he is for his submissions. Beyond Romero and Jacare are dangerous contenders like Gegard Mousasi, <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc-results\/ufc-belfast-results-gegard-mousasi-vs-uriah-hall\/\">who recently dominated Uriah Hall to a first-round TKO<\/a>, and Robert Whittaker, <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc-results\/ufc-fight-night-101-results-robert-whittaker-kos-derek-brunson-highlights\/\">who turned Derek Brunson off with a head kick last Saturday<\/a>. Needless to say, the champ is going to need to be absolutely on point if he intends to defend his belts from this murderer&#8217;s row of middleweights.<\/p>\n<p>According to Bisping himself, the key to defending his title against the middleweight division&#8217;s top contenders will be takedown defense, as he believes none of them will want to stand and trade with him. The middleweight king made this claim in a recent post to Instagram, which showed him in the gym, developing his hip strength in an effort to improve his takedown defense.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 658px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-version=\"7\">\n<div style=\"padding: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background: #F8F8F8; line-height: 0; margin-top: 40px; padding: 50.0% 0; text-align: center; width: 100%;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;\"><a style=\"color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BNZvfbMh7fz\/\" target=\"_blank\">None of these &#8220;contenders&#8221; will stand with me. They are all gonna try and take me down. Building hip strength to stop it. @myproteinuk @rvcasport @myproteinus<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\">A photo posted by Mikebisping (@mikebisping) on <time style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;\" datetime=\"2016-11-29T17:20:22+00:00\">Nov 29, 2016 at 9:20am PST<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\" async=\"\" defer=\"defer\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Given the striking skill of the middleweight division&#8217;s top fighters, Bisping could be way off on this one. Then again, his striking looked better than ever in his title-winning defeat of Luke Rockhold, so maybe the middleweight division&#8217;s many contenders would prefer to drag him to the mat.<\/p>\n<p>What do you think of this claim from the UFC middleweight king? Sound off, PENN Nation!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the champion of the UFC&#8217;s stacked middleweight division, England&#8217;s Michael Bisping has a big, red target on his back. All around him, dangerous contenders are swirling, each hungry for their shot at the title he swiped from Luke Rockhold earlier this year. 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