{"id":262437,"date":"2017-10-26T12:50:05","date_gmt":"2017-10-26T19:50:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=262437"},"modified":"2017-10-26T12:50:05","modified_gmt":"2017-10-26T19:50:05","slug":"exclusive-chael-sonnen-explains-bispings-size-advantage-wont-matter-gsp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/exclusive-interviews\/exclusive-chael-sonnen-explains-bispings-size-advantage-wont-matter-gsp\/","title":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE | Chael Sonnen explains why Bisping’s size advantage won’t matter against GSP"},"content":{"rendered":"

UFC 217’s main event, a middleweight title fight between champ Michael Bisping and challenger Georges St-Pierre<\/a>, seems to have the world divided. There are some members of the combat sports community who believe Bisping will come out on top. Others are convinced St-Pierre will win. File current Bellator star Chael Sonnen into the latter category.<\/p>\n

“I like that fight,” Sonnen said on the latest episode of BJ Penn Radio<\/a>. “I am picking Georges in that fight, but I really like it. I’ve competed with Bisping twice myself, once in MMA and once in grappling. Tough sonofa bitch. I’ve only trained with Georges, so maybe I come to you with a little different perspective, but it appears a lot of what’s being said about this fight is Bisping’s size. Anytime you talk about size, what you’re really talking about is, the [bigger] guy is stronger, right? We don’t really care about who weighs more, we care about who’s stronger than who. This is a weird one because Bisping is meaningfully bigger. He will cut to make 185, he will get into the ring about 200 pounds. Georges St-Pierre will weigh in about 183 pounds, he will get in the ring at 183 pounds. However\u00a0 \u2013 this might surprise you \u2013 Georges is meaningfully,\u00a0meaningfully\u00a0<\/em>stronger than Bisping.”<\/p>\n