Michael Bisping
Tonight in Toronto, Canada UFC middleweight Michael ‘The Count’ Bisping will look to make what could be the biggest fight of his career official, by making weight for his UFC 152 bout with Brian Stann.
A defining win for Bisping could propel him into No. 1 contender status for the 185-lbs strap, with the Brit feeling that he holds the advantages over Stann on Saturday night at the Air Canada Centre.
“I’m going to do a job on Brian Stann,” Bisping said. “He’s a tough fighter. But apart from that loss to Dan Henderson, I pretty much have a perfect record in the UFC. I’ve lost a couple of debatable decisions that some judges felt I didn’t win, and I just felt like the other people do. Have I been involved in a fight where I’ve been beaten to a pulp, with the blood spattering the cameras? No one’s ever seen that. You’ve never seen me beaten in my own blood. You’ve never see me leave the Octagon with a bloody scratch on me for crying out loud.”
“On Sept. 22 Brian Stann is definitely in my battlefield,” Bisping said. “There’s no guns. It’s just man on man. And I’ll be waiting for it.”
The Brit is coming off a close decision loss to Chael Sonnen at UFC on FOX 3, which had many fans and critics scoring it for ‘The Count’. Previous to that, Bisping had been on a four fight win streak with his latest victory coming last December in the TUF 14 Finale, when he finished opposing coach Jason Miller in the third round.
Bisping also spoke to FOXSports.com about maturing as a fighter, going from someone who was hated by the fans to someone they can cheer for.