{"id":262460,"date":"2017-10-26T14:53:41","date_gmt":"2017-10-26T21:53:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=262460"},"modified":"2017-10-26T14:53:41","modified_gmt":"2017-10-26T21:53:41","slug":"michael-bisping-says-gym-assault-story-completely-inaccurate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/michael-bisping\/michael-bisping-says-gym-assault-story-completely-inaccurate\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Bisping Says Gym Assault Story &#8216;Completely Inaccurate&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re only nine days away from the illustrious return of Georges St-Pierre, who will challenge Michael Bisping for the UFC middleweight title. Promotion is just heating up this week with the conference calls and media obligations. Out of nowhere, an allegation comes from a person accusing Bisping of <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/michael-bisping\/ufc-middleweight-champ-michael-bisping-sued-alleged-gym-assault-1\/\">grabbing him by the throat in the gym<\/a> and shouting insults at him for taking his weights. Today on the UFC 217 conference call, Michael Bisping says that there is no truth to it at all.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;It&#8217;s completely inaccurate. It&#8217;s not factual.&#8221; &#8211; Bisping on his gym altercation. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UFC217?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UFC217<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Justin Golightly (@SecretMovesMMA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SecretMovesMMA\/status\/923662901168295937?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 26, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>He opened up further on the allegations during the UFC 217 Media Lunch:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p id=\"H3Qn0m\">\u201cTotal bollocks. There\u2019s your comment. I haven\u2019t even been served with papers. They\u2019re suing the UFC, they\u2019re suing 24-Hour Fitness, they\u2019re suing William Morris Endeavor, they\u2019re suing Michael Bisping. So, good luck with that. It\u2019s completely infactual. From what I\u2019ve read about it so far, there\u2019s many, many contradictions. Obviously, it\u2019s a lawsuit, so I don\u2019t want to say too much, but I can just say I\u2019m not losing too much sleep and it\u2019s not correct.\u00a0<span>\u201cYou tell me. It happened months ago. It seems very, very tactical. \u2018Oh, let\u2019s bring it out a week before the biggest fight of his life.\u2019 Bring some attention to it, perhaps. Look for a settlement. I\u2019m already saying too much. Good job.\u201d\u00a0\u2014\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2017\/10\/26\/16555038\/michael-bisping-calls-assault-lawsuit-against-him-total-bollocks\">Micheal Bisping via MMA Fighting<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The new info here is that it&#8217;s not just a lawsuit against Bisping himself, but three companies including the UFC and WME. With very little details, it certainly seems suspicious at the very least coming on the heels of the UFC&#8217;s biggest pay-per-view so far this year. 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