Michael Bisping plans to knock Dan Henderson ‘the f**k out’ in rematch

While there’s been speculation top contender Ronaldo Souza would be likeliest candidate to get the next UFC middleweight title shot, the opportunity would actually go a fighter outside of the top ten.

While the UFC has made no formal announcement, UFC President Dana White stated last week Michael Bisping is likely to fight Dan Henderson next. The bout would serve as a rematch from UFC 100, when Henderson knocked Bisping out in the second round of their meeting as coaches from season 9 of The Ultimate Fighter.

In an interview last week on SiriusXM’s The Luke Thomas Show, Bisping confirmed his fight with Henderson, added additional details about the planning, time and location of the event plus fired back at criticisms of the fight.

Partial audio and transcript below:

Can you confirm your next fight is a title defense against Dan Henderson?

Yes, I can confirm. My next fight, I believe, will be be in Manchester in October against Dan Henderson, who used to be ‘Decision’ Dan Henderson until he discovered testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) and then he became ‘Knockout’ Dan Henderson and knocks me out.

He was on testosterone replacement therapy, as I said, at the time. I had no idea and here we are, seven years later and he’s still competing in the UFC when TRT was banned. The guy’s an absolute hypocrite. He was manipulating the system. He was cheating. Call it what you will. I’m very happy. I get to get my revenge on even playing field.

So that’s the motivation for you? This is a chance to undo what happened at UFC 100?

Yeah, absolutely. At 100, like I said, I lost in good style. Well done to him, but there were circumstances I wasn’t aware of at the time. The TRT. Since then, that’s bothered me. The fact that he’s still fighting now kind of confirms the fights that he was manipulating the system or cheating.

That always bothers me. Listen, I know there’s other people that maybe or definitely are ahead of him in terms of rankings, but Dan Henderson is almost done. He said he’s only going to fight one more time. Those are the guys that are going nowhere. October is just around the corner. I believe it’s thirteen weeks until the fight. So, I’ll go out, I’ll beat Dan Henderson, I’ll pay him back for what happened in 2009 after cheating. Whoever’s next in line, they’ll still be there and we can go at it. No …

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