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Shortly after his recent split decision win over Eryk Anders, former UFC light heavyweight champion and middleweight title challenger Lyoto Machida called out former UFC middleweight champion Michael Bisping.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s a fight that should\u2019ve happened a couple times and it didn\u2019t,\u201d Machida said at the UFC Belem post-fight presser. \u201cI think we both matured together in this sport, so I think fight between Michael Bisping and myself would mean a lot.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe might retire sometime soon, I could retire sometime soon, and people asked for that fight, so it\u2019s a fight that interests me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Now, the former champion Bisping has responded, admitting that this bout makes a lot of sense for his retirement fight, which was originally expected to occur in London this March, but has temporarily been relegated to the back burner.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe just said we were supposed to fight a couple of times over the years and that it hadn\u2019t happened and that basically he had a lot of respect for me,”\u00a0Bisping said on his podcast Believe You Me<\/a> (h\/t MMANytt<\/a>). “I\u2019ve got a lot of respect for Machida, I really do. As I said on Saturday, he\u2019s one of the true martial arts specialist and one of the true martial artists that competes in the Octagon, so I have respect for him. Of course, there was the whole steroid issue, so I don\u2019t want to rehash Saturday\u2019s show, but there\u2019s always going to be an asterisk over him.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Rashad [Evans] fight we spoke about [for my retirement fight] and it didn\u2019t materialize. The Machida fight as well is something that could serve as my last bout. [It\u2019s] very similar to Rashad in many ways, he\u2019s a former champion, had a long career and getting to the final stages of his career. He\u2019s someone I haven\u2019t fought and have a lot of respect for.”<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s had a great career and it ticks all the boxes from that standpoint. That\u2019s about it. As of right now I\u2019ve got to speak to the UFC and find out what\u2019s going on for myself. I\u2019m not considering opponents or who they are. I\u2019ve got to speak to Dana and the UFC guys and figure out what\u2019s going on next and in life.\u201d<\/p>\n

Do you think a fight between Michael Bisping and Lyoto Machida is the one to make?<\/p>\n

This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0on 2\/6\/2018. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Shortly after his recent split decision win over Eryk Anders, former UFC light heavyweight champion and middleweight title challenger Lyoto Machida called out former UFC middleweight champion Michael Bisping. \u201cThat\u2019s a fight that should\u2019ve happened a couple times and it didn\u2019t,\u201d Machida said at the UFC Belem post-fight presser. \u201cI think we both matured together […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54430,"featured_media":262202,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10087,10128],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nMichael Bisping responds to Lyoto Machida's callout | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/michael-bisping\/michael-bisping-responds-lyoto-machidas-callout\/\" 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