UFC Middleweight Champion Michael “The Count” Bisping is more than happy to greet former welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre inside the octagon within the coming year. UFC President Dana White recently officially declared that the two warriors would be going toe-to-toe at a later date.

With one of the potentially most anticipated bouts of the year on the horizon, it’s time to start the trash talking.

The two warriors swapped heated words at a press event held on Friday, with St-Pierre accusing “The Count” of allegedly being drunk at the event.

Bisping showed up rather late to the conference, causing a few irritable conversations at the event. Bisping apologized for his tardiness to both Dana White and St-Pierre upon his arrival. The middleweight champion has other words for GSP, as far as the alleged intoxication accusations are concerned.

In a recent interview with TMZ Sports, Bisping responded to the recent accusation.

“Alright, so here’s the thing. If the fight was happening sometime soon, if I was in fight camp, I wouldn’t have took a drop of alcohol. But the guy [GSP], he needs so long to get ready for the fight, we are not going to fight until the summer.” Bisping said. “So, I’m in Vegas. I went to an award show. I won an award. Am I not aloud to have a couple of cocktails the night before? GSP, grow up. Stop acting like a 12-year-old. I’m in Vegas. If I want to party, I’ll party.”

Michael “The Count” Bisping was awarded “Upset of the Year” at this year’s World MMA Awards.