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Over the last few weeks, there’s been widespread debate as to who former UFC middleweight champion Michael Bisping should fight in his yet unscheduled retirement fight.<\/p>\n

For a time it sounded as though he might retire opposite a fellow legend in Vitor Belfort or Rashad Evans. Bisping also eyed a retirement bout opposite former UFC light heavyweight champion Lyoto Machida<\/a>.<\/p>\n

More recently, however, Bisping has expressed interest in trilogy-completing retirement fight with his rival Luke Rockhold. Bisping and Rockhold have gone 1-1 across two fights, with Rockhold winning the first by submission, and Bisping winning the second with a massive, upset knockout in the first round.<\/p>\n

Speaking on his podcast Believe You Me<\/a>, Bisping assured he’d happily fight Rockhold at middleweight or light heavyweight.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf that motherfucker wants to throw down at 205 [pounds], yeah, we can entertain that, buddy,\u201d Bisping said\u00a0 of Rockhold (h\/t MMAFighting<\/a>). \u201cI\u2019ve got no problem knocking you out again.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI exposed Luke Rockhold,\u201d Bisping continued, referencing his 2016 knockout of Rockhold. \u201cI knocked him out.\u00a0David Branch\u00a0nearly knocked him out. Yoel knocked him out. I quite literally took his soul, so if he wants me to do it again, that is one that would stoke the fires so to speak.\u201d<\/p>\n

Although Bisping says he still has plenty of fight left in him, he is also floating the idea of refraining from competing a final time, as he’s financially secure now. So, while he’s interested in a tie-breaker with Rockhold, the deal would have to be right.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ll fight him at 205, I\u2019ll fight him at 185,\u201d concluded Bisping. \u201cI\u2019m not bothered. That\u2019s if I\u2019m gonna fight again, if the deal is right. Fortunately now, I\u2019m in a good place.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI still love fighting. Fighting\u2019s what I do, that\u2019s provided me this platform and I still feel like I\u2019ve got at least one more in me. I\u2019ve got more than that in me but I\u2019m just saying from my business perspective maybe one more makes sense, maybe two more, maybe no more. We\u2019ll see what the future holds if the deal is right.\u201d<\/p>\n

Would you like to see Michael Bisping settle his score with Luke Rockhold before he retires?<\/p>\n

This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0on 2\/27\/2018.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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