Luke Rockhold vs. Michael Bisping
Having already dominated Michael Bisping en-route to a submission victory two years earlier, Luke Rockhold was convinced he had no chance against him after being brought in as a short notice replacement to fight for the title at UFC 199.
“This will be his swansong. This will be the end of him,” Rockhold boldy predicted during a media conference call. “I am going to go out there and dominate this guy like he’s never been before.”
“I will humiliate you next week. It’s going to be so one-sided.”
Some fans suggested that Rockhold was getting too cocky, but that didn’t stop him from continuing to make it clear that he thought Bisping was out of his depth.
“You’re just an average bloke,” Rockhold taunted Bisping at the pre-fight presser. “I’m a fucking samurai. I’m going to come in there silent, undetected and I’m going to knock you out. ”
However,despite being a major underdog coming in on just two weeks notice, Bisping produced a massive upset by KO’ing Rockhold in the first round to seize the middleweight title from his grasp.