LONDON – If you think Michael Bisping’s retirement from competition means his rivalry with Jorge Masvidal is over, think again.
Masvidal (32-13 MMA, 9-6 UFC), who meets Darren Till (17-1-1 MMA, 5-1-1 UFC) in the main event of March’s UFC on ESPN+ 5 event in London, was in England today for a press conference to promote the event. And while he was asked about his upcoming fight with Till and where a win might put him, his longstanding rivalry with Bisping was brought up, as well.
Masvidal didn’t mince words.
“Man, I generally don’t like Bisping, and he did something that I don’t think I could do to anyone that I dislike, and that’s see somebody with their family – see you pushing your kid in a carriage – and disrespect you in front of your kid,” Masvidal said. “I couldn’t do that to another man, so me and Bisping is different.
“I might have problems with (Leon Edwards), maybe me and Till in the future have problems, but it would never come to that. That is something that is different with me and Bisping. It’s not like a fight, and I don’t like him as a fighter because he has one eye, you know? It’s because he’s a (expletive) idiot. I wouldn’t do that to no man, see him with his family and disrespect him. That’s kind of stupid to me, you know, so me and Bisping will – either in the cage or out of the cage, we’ll fix it.”
UFC on ESPN+ 5 takes place March 16 at The O2 Arena in London. With Bisping set to be on location as part of the broadcast team, some of the biggest fireworks of the week might take place outside of the cage.
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