{"id":293739,"date":"2018-12-04T07:18:07","date_gmt":"2018-12-04T15:18:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=293739"},"modified":"2018-12-04T07:18:07","modified_gmt":"2018-12-04T15:18:07","slug":"michael-bisping-confident-he-would-have-an-easy-time-against-israel-adesanya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/michael-bisping-confident-he-would-have-an-easy-time-against-israel-adesanya\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Bisping confident he would &#8220;have an easy time&#8221; against Israel Adesanya"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Streaking UFC middleweight contender Israel Adesanya is easily one of the most hyped fighters on the UFC roster at present. Former UFC middleweight champion Michael Bisping is impressed by the Nigerian-born New Zealander \u2014 but not so much that he believes he couldn&#8217;t beat him.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, Bisping believes he&#8217;d have &#8220;an easy time&#8221; against Adesanya.<\/p>\n<p id=\"QdPu5N\">\u201cI like Israel Adesanya but I\u2019ll tell you something, if there\u2019s one person if you asked me who I want to fight right now, it would be Israel,\u201d Bisping said on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1sUPTNLKI10\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">his official podcast<\/a>\u00a0(via\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2018\/12\/4\/18124326\/report-michael-bisping-says-israel-adesanya-is-great-but-i-think-i-would-have-an-easy-time-with-him\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMA Fighting<\/a>). \u201cWhen I look at him \u2014 listen, he\u2019s good, he\u2019s great, but I\u2019m sorry, I\u2019m not buying it. I\u2019m not saying I\u2019m not impressed. I\u2019m on the hype train. He\u2019s good, he\u2019s beating people. He\u2019s beating the Marvin Vettoris of the world. He had a good win against Derek Brunson, but Derek Brunson looked like shit. He was terrified. I think I would have an easy time with him. Just saying, just throwing it out there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Since joining the UFC, Israel Adesanya has gone 4-0, defeating Rob Wilkinson, Marvin Vettori, Brad Tavares, and most recently, Derek Brunson via first round knockout. The streaking striker has been rewarded for this success with a UFC 234 showdown with former champion Anderson Silva. The winner will reportedly get a shot at the UFC middleweight title.<\/p>\n<p>Michael Bisping last fought in late 2017, when he was knocked out by top middleweight contender Kelvin Gastelum. In his next most recent fight, he surrendered the belt to the returning <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/fighter\/georges-st-pierre\/\">Georges St-Pierre<\/a>, coming up short via submission.<\/p>\n<p>How do you think a potential fight between Michael Bisping and Israel Adesanya would go down? Make your opinions heard in the comments section below.<\/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 12\/3\/2018. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Streaking UFC middleweight contender Israel Adesanya is easily one of the most hyped fighters on the UFC roster at present. Former UFC middleweight champion Michael Bisping is impressed by the Nigerian-born New Zealander \u2014 but not so much that he believes he couldn&#8217;t beat him. 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