Middleweight champion Michael Bisping has taken to social media in an attempt to convince Georges St. Pierre to sign a new deal with the promotion so they can fight at UFC 206 on December 10th.
@GeorgesStPierre, we all want more money. But let's go,sign the papers.Give the people of Toronto what they want, be a hero! Let's go champ!
— michael (@bisping) 26 October 2016
@daStockguy23 always down when it's been offered. I'm in SIGN THE PAPERS, let's go champ!
— michael (@bisping) 26 October 2016
@moneyismatt @daStockguy23 I verbally agreed
— michael (@bisping) 26 October 2016
They've been negotiating this fight for the last few days. #letsgochamp https://t.co/lltcEaJ8zz
— michael (@bisping) 26 October 2016
Be a 🇨🇦 hero @georgesstpierre https://t.co/90PsESYhs6
— michael (@bisping) 26 October 2016
It’s a little surprising that Bisping is so eager to fight, given that it would come just two months after his hard fought victory over Dan Henderson at UFC 204, which saw him being dropped twice in the opening 10 minutes of the fight and left with significant facial damage.
He knows that GSP’s comeback fight would be a guaranteed moneyspinner though, particularly as he would be due a cut of the pay-per-view revenue as the 185lb champ, and so it seems like he’s willing to do whatever it takes to get that fight.
However, the bad news for Bisping is that after his social media outburst, Dana White told MMAJunkie.com that, “There is no Bisping vs. ‘GSP’ fight in Toronto. I know Mike wants it, but it’s not happening.”
So, that could put an end to the matter, though it’s worth remembering that White also denied that McGregor Vs Alvarez would happen at UFC 205, yet that’s exactly what’s topping the bill for the New York City show after all.
