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Over the last few months, UFC middleweight champion Michael Bisping has generated a bit of controversy by asking for lucrative “money fights” and expressing disinterest in fights with his division’s top contenders. He has recently chased a fight with welterweight champ Tyron Woodley<\/a>, for example, while simultaneously\u00a0shrugging off calls for a bout with streaking middleweight contender Yoel Romero<\/a>.<\/p>\n

On Monday’s episode of The MMA Hour, the champ explained his desire for money fights to host Ariel Helwani. His words (transcribed by MMAMania.com<\/a>) :<\/p>\n

“I\u2019ll say this with the greatest respect to the company and Dana White. Dana\u2019s always been very fair to me. Dana\u2019s always treated me with respect and this and that. I\u2019ve always been happy with the amount of money I\u2019ve been getting paid. But, now I see we\u2019re in a new age of UFC and I see gigantic paydays going around that I have never been a part of. And I\u2019ve done well, don\u2019t get me wrong, I\u2019ve done very well, but I see a lot of other people making a lot more money. And that does piss me off a little bit. I\u2019m not talking shit about UFC, they\u2019ve always paid me well and I\u2019ve been happy with my pay. I just would like to be a part of one of the gigantic cards before I retire. That\u2019s all, just so I can get a big gigantic payday I can retire on. Could I retire now? No I can\u2019t. UFC has paid me well and I have no qualms. I\u2019ve always signed contracts and at the time I\u2019ve always been happy signing those contracts. But I see Ronda Rousey and Conor McGregor getting $3 million guaranteed plus pay-per-view (PPV), so that\u2019s a $10 million payday. I\u2019ve never had a $10 million payday. I\u2019ve never had a $1 million payday. So, yeah, of course, that\u2019s why I want the money fights, who doesn\u2019t? I\u2019ve done this my entire life, dedicated myself to this sport, you have to earn it and I feel like I\u2019ve earned it. I\u2019m the world champion, I want to be a part of the biggest fights. That said, it\u2019s a business, you create your own hype and people tune in.”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Do you think Michael Bisping deserves the kind of payday he’s chasing? Sound off, PENN Nation!<\/p>\n

This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0on 2\/14\/2017. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Over the last few months, UFC middleweight champion Michael Bisping has generated a bit of controversy by asking for lucrative “money fights” and expressing disinterest in fights with his division’s top contenders. 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