{"id":332487,"date":"2019-11-18T13:00:29","date_gmt":"2019-11-18T21:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=332487"},"modified":"2019-11-18T13:00:37","modified_gmt":"2019-11-18T21:00:37","slug":"michael-bisping-thinks-tyson-fury-would-be-formidable-in-ufc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/michael-bisping-thinks-tyson-fury-would-be-formidable-in-ufc\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Bisping thinks Tyson Fury could be formidable in UFC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UFC Hall of Famer Michael Bisping can see Tyson Fury making a smooth transition to MMA.<\/p>\n<p>Fury has <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/tyson-fury-teases-working-with-conor-mcgregor-for-mma-run\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">expressed interest<\/a> in sharing the Octagon with top UFC heavyweights in the future. The lineal boxing heavyweight champion is set to meet Deontay Wilder a second time in early 2020. First, Wilder must take care of business in a rematch with Luis Ortiz this Saturday night (Nov. 23).<\/p>\n<p>Fury had the MMA world buzzing when <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/video-tyson-fury-smashes-pads-with-ufcs-darren-till\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">footage<\/a> of him and UFC middleweight Darren Till sparring appeared. On his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-f9d6SjSZyw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Believe You Me podcast<\/em><\/a>, Bisping said that &#8220;The Gypsy King&#8221; could be a legitimate threat if the UFC matchmakers play their cards right.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-f9d6SjSZyw<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Absolutely he could,&#8221; Bisping said of Tyson Fury. &#8220;I truly believe that if you matched him up correctly. Cause there is some good wrestlers like Stipe, for one. He outwrestled Ngannou, Ngannou&#8217;s been doing MMA longer than Fury so you&#8217;d think he&#8217;d outwrestle Fury as well. That just goes without saying, really. And they&#8217;re not gonna give Tyson Fury a title fight right off the bat anyway. But then you&#8217;ve got other guys. I mean Cormier&#8217;s gonna be done soon.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Bisping believes the UFC would give Fury more favorable matchups in the early going to see how he does before he gets a marquee fight.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If Tyson Fury was to come over, I&#8217;m not gonna say the word &#8216;groom,&#8217; but they would stagger his matchups and give him logical matchups,&#8221; Bisping continued when discussing how Tyson Fury should be booked. &#8220;Listen, look at the UFC. People call it the entertainment era and Fury ties into that perfectly. The guy can talk, he can talk sh*t for days. He&#8217;s very, very funny. He can put people down, he sings on the microphone. Not only is he the heavyweight champion of the world but he&#8217;s massively charismatic. He&#8217;s an absolute huge star and if he can come over win a couple of fights and then get a title fight, for the UFC that&#8217;s big business. That&#8217;d be a massive, massive pay-per-view.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>How do you think Tyson Fury fares against the top 15 UFC heavyweights?<\/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 11\/18\/2019.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFC Hall of Famer Michael Bisping can see Tyson Fury making a smooth transition to MMA. Fury has expressed interest in sharing the Octagon with top UFC heavyweights in the future. The lineal boxing heavyweight champion is set to meet Deontay Wilder a second time in early 2020. 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