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Four Fights For Michael Bisping To Take Next

Well, UFC 199, which went down last night live on pay-per-view (PPV) from The Forum in Inglewood, California, provided the mixed martial arts (MMA) community with one of the craziest nights in recent memory. Multiple story lines prevailed, but perhaps none more memorable than the one that emerged from the main event. 25 Octagon fights

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Well, UFC 199, which went down last night live on pay-per-view (PPV) from The Forum in Inglewood, California, provided the mixed martial arts (MMA) community with one of the craziest nights in recent memory.

Multiple story lines prevailed, but perhaps none more memorable than the one that emerged from the main event.

25 Octagon fights and a decade into his storied UFC career, Michael “The Count” Bisping has finally reached the pinnacle.

Accepting a bout with Luke Rockhold on just over two weeks’ notice, many had Bisping was a huge +600 underdog heading into the night.

After all, Rockhold did dismantle the British veteran in November 2014, and Bisping came into that bout with a full camp.

However, as we are so often reminded, the fight game is unpredictable.

Bisping came out firing in the first round, putting Rockhold away with strikes early on to become the undisputed middleweight champion of the world.

What a rollercoaster ride it has been for “The Count”, and now at age 37, he’s finally on top.

Let’s take a look at four potential fights for Bisping to take next:

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Five Best Fights To Book For UFC 205 In New York

The UFC’s first event in New York City is finally set to go down on November 12, 2016 when the long-awaited UFC 205 pay-per-view (PPV) card hits the airwaves. While it’s too early for the promotion to make any fights official for the big-time card, you can expect the biggest names in the game to

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The UFC’s first event in New York City is finally set to go down on November 12, 2016 when the long-awaited UFC 205 pay-per-view (PPV) card hits the airwaves.

While it’s too early for the promotion to make any fights official for the big-time card, you can expect the biggest names in the game to be in ‘The Big Apple’ for the colossal event.

There’s little doubting that the promotion wants to have both Conor McGregor and Ronda Rousey involved if possible, and there are also some New York-born stars that they definitely want involved as well.

So how about we help Dana White and UFC brass out and start fantasy booking what could be the biggest card of the year? Here are the best matches to make for UFC 205 from Madison Square Garden.

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Michael Bisping Talks About Yoel Romero’s Splendid Physique

You got USADA’d! ‘The Count’ blasts Yoel Romero and Lyoto Machida, and also reveals his title shot hopes after UFC 199… UFC middleweight contender Michael Bisping has hovered around the top of the 185-pound division for years now. The brash British banger has fought the truly elite of the division, including five former or future

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You got USADA’d! ‘The Count’ blasts Yoel Romero and Lyoto Machida, and also reveals his title shot hopes after UFC 199…

UFC middleweight contender Michael Bisping has hovered around the top of the 185-pound division for years now. The brash British banger has fought the truly elite of the division, including five former or future UFC or Pride FC champions during his 10-year tenure for the promotion, but has never quite been able to break in to the much coveted title fight. In terms of fighting fighters with chequered pasts in relation to performance enhancing drugs, Bisping has been there and got the t-shirt too.

Wanderlei Silva (alleged, fled a NSAC drug test), Vitor Belfort, Chael Sonnen, Anderson Silva, Chris Leben and Cung Le (later cleared) are all fighters with failed steroid tests (aside from the otherwise stated) that have fought Bisping over the years. When talking about his losses to Belfort and Sonnen, these were truly costly in his chances of a title fight at the time, making his run of victories in the UFC recently all the more impressive.

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For the first time in five years, Bisping has strung together consecutive wins, racking up three straight including the biggest victory of his entire career. Facing former UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva in a thrilling February encounter, ‘The Count’ claimed the former pound-for-pound king’s scalp with the unanimous decision in London. Since then, with wins over Thales Leites and CB Dolloway in mind too, the talk has once again turned to the championship picture for Bisping.

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With USADA (United States Anti Doping Agency) now keeping a close eye on the state of play in MMA and the UFC, we are seeing fighters finally breaking through in multiple divisions. Is this just a case of co-incidence? Perhaps, or maybe with less enhancements for certain fighters in training we are just seeing the true cream starting to rise to the top.

Which brings us to the subject of Yoel Romero and Lyoto Machida…

continue to see bisping’s latest rant…

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How About Jon Jones Vs. Yoel Romero? Only At Jackson-Wink MMA

Talk all the time centers around Jon Jones moving to heavyweight for “dream” fights with Fabricio Werdum or Cain Velasquez.

But what about if a middleweight – not Chris Weidman or Luke Rockhold – moved up to challenge Jones?

Jones, a former stan…

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Talk all the time centers around Jon Jones moving to heavyweight for “dream” fights with Fabricio Werdum or Cain Velasquez.

But what about if a middleweight – not Chris Weidman or Luke Rockhold – moved up to challenge Jones?

Jones, a former standout wrestler at the junior college level, would have a hard time with the mat skills of ex-Olympian Yoel Romero.

Now, before you start thinking about it, the prospects are slim of that bout happening – unless you can make a stop at Jackson-Wink MMA in New Mexico. It appears as if Romero, who was recently given a six-month suspension, is heading to the gym to help prepare Jones for his bout with Ovince Saint Preux at UFC 197.

Jones and Romero are managed by the same firm, which makes sense that they would help each other out.

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Michael Bisping Insists Yoel Romero ‘Could Have Killed Somebody’

Things can get heated on Twitter. Yoel Romero found that out the hard way thanks to UFC middleweight Michael Bisping. Romero (11-1) was informed on January 12th, 2016 that he potentially tested positive for a failed drug test taken out-of-competition. His team insisted that it was due to a tainted supplement that caused him to

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Things can get heated on Twitter. Yoel Romero found that out the hard way thanks to UFC middleweight Michael Bisping.

Romero (11-1) was informed on January 12th, 2016 that he potentially tested positive for a failed drug test taken out-of-competition. His team insisted that it was due to a tainted supplement that caused him to fail his USADA test, however, and the supplement was indeed found to have had the incriminating substance in it despite not listing it on the label.

USADA announced on Monday that Romero has accepted a 6-month sanction for an anti-doping policy violation after testing positive for a prohibited substance from a contaminated supplement.

Bisping got wind of this and took at shot at Romero via social media:

“Tainted supplement? 6 months? That’s no suspension. He could have killed somebody. What was the supplement? No mention of it. Come on.”

Romero last fought at UFC 194 when he defeated Ronaldo ‘Jacare’ Souza on the main card and is currently on a seven-fight winning streak.

It’s possible that when Romero is cleared to fight that the UFC could book a fight between Bisping and Romero. Time will only tell.

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Michael Bisping Disgusted By Yoel Romero’s Suspension

Michael Bisping has been on a crusade to “call-out” any UFC fighter that uses illegal drugs or supplements.

Yoel Romero, a top contender in the middleweight division with Bisping, was recently suspended for six months by the USADA after the two side…

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Michael Bisping has been on a crusade to “call-out” any UFC fighter that uses illegal drugs or supplements.

Yoel Romero, a top contender in the middleweight division with Bisping, was recently suspended for six months by the USADA after the two sides reached an agreement. Romero claimed it was a tainted supplement that led to his failed drug test.

Bisping issued his thoughts on social media: