{"id":230451,"date":"2017-03-30T05:57:45","date_gmt":"2017-03-30T12:57:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=230451"},"modified":"2017-04-14T13:24:15","modified_gmt":"2017-04-14T20:24:15","slug":"michael-bisping-tyron-woodley-trade-barbs-social-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/michael-bisping\/michael-bisping-tyron-woodley-trade-barbs-social-media\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Bisping and Tyron Woodley trade barbs on social media"},"content":{"rendered":"

Michael Bisping and Tyron Woodley trade barbs on social media <\/strong> <\/p>\n

Earlier this week UFC middleweight champion Michael Bisping revealed on his podcast that he was not willing to wait until the fall to defend his championship against former welterweight kingpin Georges St-Pierre.<\/p>\n

“The Count”, who wants to fight the Canadian superstar at UFC 213 on July 8, threatened to give GSP’s proposed title shot back to top contender Yoel Romero<\/a> if “Rush” doesn’t sign the contract soon.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf he (GSP) wants to wait until September or October, then he can go find himself another opponent. Because I call the shots. Without sounding like an asshole, it is my belt. I am the champion, and I am not willing to sit around until September or October. This fight was discussed in January. You know a fight camp only takes 8 weeks. Or six weeks. So fighting in September or October is ridiculous. July 8 is the date. I may be a little bit flexible and be willing to go a little past that date if needed. But I want to fight international fight week July 8. So Georges St-Pierre, get it together.”<\/em><\/p>\n

He continued:<\/p>\n

\u201cIf he\u2019s not ready then I guess Yoel Romero gets his title shot! Listen I am not afraid of Yoel Romero. If GSP wants to fight then of course, there is a great storyline there. The fight would do great business. But I am not willing to sit around and he\u2019s not calling the shots. I am the champ.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Shortly after news broke of Michael Bisping’s frustration with Georges St-Pierre, current UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley took to Twitter where he offered to step in for the Canadian standout on July 8<\/a>.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/twitter.com\/TWooodley\/status\/847131189668306944<\/p>\n

It didn’t take long for “The Count” to respond to “The Chosen One”, as Bisping fired back with the following:<\/p>\n

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@UFCTonight<\/a> @FS1<\/a> @TWooodley<\/a> Tyron, I've no interest in shadow boxing for 25 mins against you. I need someone who engages\/actually fights \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

— michael (@bisping) March 30, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n