UFC Middleweight Champion Michael Bisping doesn’t expect his next fight to be against top contender Yoel Romero.
UFC President Dana White recently announced Romero would get the next shot at the middleweight title due to Georges St-Pierre not being able to fight until the end of the year.
However, on a recent episode of his podcast, Bisping said his knee is still injured. Bisping says he will not be able to fight Romero anytime soon, so he’d rather wait and fight St-Pierre.
“It’s a blessing in disguise because I can’t fight anytime soon,” Bisping said. “I can’t exercise, I can’t train. My knee is giving me many, many problems. It was doing it in Thailand, it’s still getting no better. . . So long story short, what I’m getting at is I’m not going to be ready to fight anytime soon so again, that’s another reason why this plays into the perfect scenario for me.
“[Rockhold] has no grounds to talk. Some people have, to be honest. Yoel’s been there for a bit now. I understand that. Robert Whittaker is there and Gegard as well but I’ve got a fight booked and until I hear anything differently from an official source, I’m expecting to fight GSP.”
