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Med tio dagars varsel fick Michael ”The Count” Bisping möjligheten att gå en av sin karriärs viktigaste matcher mot Chael Sonnen på UFC on Fox 2 den 28 januri. Bisping tvekade aldrig om att släppa den planerade mötet med Demian Maia på samma kort och fokusera om för matchen som kan leda till en chans på titeln.
”Dana hadn’t even finished saying Munoz was out before I was planning how to beat Sonnen in my head. I’ve accepted fights on short notice for the UFC throughout my career, but this one is a massive, massive chance for me, and I am very grateful to Dana, (UFC matchmaker) Joe Silva and the UFC. I was already hugely grateful to be asked to fight on FOX, but to fight Chael on FOX … well, there are hundreds of fighters who would kill for this opportunity, and I would have had to be a fool to turn it down.
I’m sure I’ll get blasted for this on the forums, but I feel I could have been the one fighting Chael anyway. We were due to be ”The Ultimate Fighter” coaches against each other, but because of things outside our control it didn’t happen, and I’ve won a fight since. I don’t understand how Mark Munoz, as great as he’s been doing lately, was getting Chael instead of me. I feel bad for Mark, but I know he’ll come again and no doubt he will be right back in the mix in this very interesting 185-pound weight class.””, skriver Bisping hos Fox Sports.
Bisping, som varit mycket respektfull mot Maia inför deras match, passade på att höja temperaturen inför den kommande matchen genom att skriva att Sonnen inte har förmågan att varken knocka honom eller få honom att klappa ut. Det enda sättet Sonnen kan vinna i Bispings mening är via poäng. Den brittiske UFC-stjärnan menar att om så blir fallet så var han aldrig värd en chans på titeln mot Anderson Silva.
