Michael Bisping: ‘A lot of the UFC roster’ are ‘posers’ — ‘I’m a real fighter’

As they have been all week, tensions were high between UFC middleweight champion Luke Rockhold and Michael Bisping at Friday’s UFC 199 weigh-ins.

After both fighters successfully tipped the scales at the 185-pound middleweight limit, Bisping kicked off the customary staredown with a playful jab to Rockhold’s stomach. From there the expletives flew as UFC president Dana White tried valiantly to keep the two rivals separated ahead of their rematch on Saturday night in the main event of UFC 199.

“He doesn’t like me, I don’t like him,” Bisping said afterward on FOX Sports 1. “All I was trying to do was, you know, talk a little trash. Dana, I think he was hyper-sensitive. He wouldn’t let me get near him. Dana was pushing me away. I’m like, ‘Dana, relax.’ He goes, don’t touch him! Don’t touch him! I’m not going to touch him. I’m not here to fight. I’m a professional, I’m going to fight tomorrow. Don’t you worry.”

Rockhold and Bisping actually both weighed in early Friday morning, debuting the California State Athletic Commission’s historic new weigh-in policy ahead of UFC 199. Both hit their …

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