UFC Middleweight champion Michael Bisping has revealed that his current plan is to retire from the sport after two more fights.
The 38-year-old spoke out about his future on the latest edition of his ‘Believe You Me’ podcast, revealing that a money-spinning fight with Georges St-Pierre probably isn’t going to happen.
“My next fight, I don’t know where it’s going to be,” Bisping said. “It’s probably going to be unfortunately not GSP. It’s probably going to be the winner of Whittaker and Romero. I don’t know where that fight’s going to be and I see myself winning that fight because I see Whittaker winning that fight and I see myself beating Whittaker. If Romero wins, I see myself beating him as well. But I firmly believe that it will be Robert Whittaker.”
Bisping went on to reveal that he plans to only have won more fight after that, and has his heart set on it taking place back in the UK.
“Win or lose that fight, I’ll probably have one more and I want that to be in London or Manchester or the U.K. I want it to be in England. I want to have my last fight, I want to say farewell. The fans for me in England have treated me so well, they really have. The MMA fans out there have really embraced me as one of their own of course and it made a different in my career. So I want my last fight to be in England.”
Bisping also confirmed that he intends to have that emotional final fight regardless of what happens in his next title defense.
“Whether or not I win my next fight, which I plan on winning and believe I will, then I want to have one last fight in England, hopefully defending my belt for the third time and then probably call it a day. I mean that isn’t set in stone but in my mind that’s kind of where my head’s at.”
