Wow, how did we not see this first time around?
UFC middleweight champion Michael Bisping shocked the mixed martial arts world last weekend (Saturday June 4, 2016). The longtime 185-pound contender yanked the belt from Luke Rockhold in dominant fashion, upsetting the odds and ‘Rocky’ in his first attempted defense.
UFC 199 also revealed the return of Brock Lesnar to face Mark Hunt at UFC 200, as we’ll take a look at some of Lesnar’s old fights later in the article. Back to ‘The Count,’ the Englishman stuffed Rockhold with a brutal first round knockout to end a very eventful rivalry.
The beef between Luke Rockhold and Michael Bisping runs deep. The two first squared off at UFC Sydney in late 2014, where the American Kickboxing Academy’s Rockhold won via submission.
‘Rocky’ wobbled Bisping with one of his trademark kicks before sinking in the choke, but was very respectful after beating ‘The Count’ in Australia. Unfortunately the new middleweight champion did not show the same respect at UFC 199.
We saw the aftermath of this crazy feud boil over at the post fight press conference, but the UFC released some rather shocking footage that we didn’t see on fight night. It features Bisping hurling some hurtful comments towards Rockhold as the former champion’s family watches in shock.
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