{"id":273363,"date":"2018-03-28T06:20:39","date_gmt":"2018-03-28T13:20:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=273363"},"modified":"2018-03-28T06:20:39","modified_gmt":"2018-03-28T13:20:39","slug":"michael-bisping-is-interested-in-retiring-at-ufc-liverpool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/michael-bisping\/michael-bisping-is-interested-in-retiring-at-ufc-liverpool\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Bisping is interested in retiring at UFC Liverpool"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The UFC&#8217;s upcoming stop in Liverpool, England <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc-liverpool\/report-antoher-key-welterweight-fight-in-the-works-for-ufc-liverpool\/\">already looks like a big card<\/a>. From the sounds of it, it could get even bigger, as former UFC middleweight champion Michael Bisping is interested in competing in his retirement fight at the event.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a \u2018Believe You Me\u2019 exclusive,\u201d Bisping said on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bisping.libsyn.com\/055-pillow-talk-jan-bisping\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">latest edition of his Believe You Me podcast<\/a> (h\/t <a href=\"http:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2018\/03\/michael-bisping-definitely-interested-ufc-liverpool-retirement-fight-awaits-opponent\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAJunkie<\/a>). \u201cUFC, I\u2019m available. If you want me on that card, you\u2019ve got my number.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Initially, Bisping was noncommittal about retiring in Liverpool. Apparently, though, he&#8217;s all for it if the right offer is made.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s a nice retirement fight,\u201d he said. \u201cLiverpool. Northwest of England. That\u2019s where I\u2019m from.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am interested in fighting on that card,&#8221; he added. &#8220;We\u2019ll see what the UFC comes up with, but yeah, definitely interested, for sure. That would be my last fight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI said to the UFC throw some names my way, and we\u2019ll see. We\u2019ll see what they come back with. But yeah, I\u2019m certainly interested. Definitely interested, so there you go.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While nothing is certain just yet, the most likely candidate for Bisping&#8217;s final opponent would seem to be a fellow former champ in Luke Rockhold, who he&#8217;s 2-2 with across two fights.<\/p>\n<p>Bisping and Rockhold have swapped ceaseless trash talk over the last few months, with Rockhold even promising<a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/luke-rockhold\/luke-rockhold-says-hell-retire-if-he-loses-to-michael-bisping-a-second-time\/\"><em> he&#8217;d\u00a0<\/em>retire if he loses to the Brit again<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If Bisping beats me in this fight, I\u2019ll be the motherfucker who retires,&#8221; he told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flocombat.com\/articles\/6131950-luke-rockhold-ill-retire-if-michael-bisping-beats-me-in-trilogy-fight\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FloCombat<\/a>. &#8220;If Bisping beats me in this fight, this will be my retirement fight.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While fans in Liverpool are undoubtedly drooling over the prospect of a Bisping vs. Rockhold fight occurring on their card, it definitely seems unlikely. It&#8217;s hard to imagine Bisping&#8217;s retirement fight\u00a0<em>not\u00a0<\/em>serving as the main event of whatever card it occurs on, and UFC Liverpool already has a headliner in hometown hero Darren Till&#8217;s clash with Stephen &#8220;Wonderboy&#8221; Thompson.<\/p>\n<p>Would you be interested in seeing Michael Bisping retire at UFC Liverpool?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 3\/28\/2018.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UFC&#8217;s upcoming stop in Liverpool, England already looks like a big card. From the sounds of it, it could get even bigger, as former UFC middleweight champion Michael Bisping is interested in competing in his retirement fight at the event. \u201cThis is a \u2018Believe You Me\u2019 exclusive,\u201d Bisping said on the\u00a0latest edition of his [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54430,"featured_media":273364,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10128],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Michael Bisping is interested in retiring at UFC Liverpool | 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-is-interested-in-retiring-at-ufc-liverpool\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Michael Bisping is interested in retiring at UFC Liverpool | BJPenn.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The UFC&#8217;s upcoming stop in Liverpool, England already looks like a big card. 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