Michael Bisping aims to get back into the win column next month when he takes on Cung Le at UFC Fight Night 48, and if he does so successfully, he may already have another opponent waiting in the wings. Bisping and former Strikeforce middleweight champion Luke Rockhold have long traded barbs over social media, and the Brit couldn’t help but throw in his two cents when asked about Rockhold on Wednesday’s edition of UFC Tonight.
“When Luke Rockhold is done making a douchebag out of himself hanging out at pool parties with teenagers, if he wants to get back to business and step into the Octagon, I’m the man for the job,” Bisping said. “After his last fight, he called me out. But then he said he hurt his little pinky toe. If his toe’s healed up, and he wants to get back to business, we can go toe to toe, or pinky to pinky.”
Not surprisingly, Rockhold took it upon himself to respond on Thursday, and the two middleweights ended up trading shots over Twitter for a majority of the afternoon.
@Bisping wake up and get to work. You need to win a fight so the @ufc will let me beat your ass.
— Luke Rockhold (@LukeRockhold) July 24, 2014
@bisping @ufc the problem is your time is up.
— Luke Rockhold (@LukeRockhold) July 24, 2014
@LukeRockhold @ufc 3hrs and that’s the best comeback you got? And don’t you have a pool party attend?
— michael (@bisping) July 24, 2014
@LukeRockhold @ufc well they are both good enough to make you look stupid. #shitcomeback
— michael (@bisping) July 24, 2014
Enjoying the Rockhold-Bisping chatter today? Here’s how they match up hypothetically. Key edges go to @LukeRockhold pic.twitter.com/c1eMwgMIUB
— Fightnomics Reed (@Fightnomics) July 24, 2014
@bisping RT @LukeRockhold: @Fightnomics 0.0 % knockdown rate
— Luke Rockhold (@LukeRockhold) July 24, 2014
@LukeRockhold and here’s my stats from sherdog. Anyway, your boring me now. As usual, pic.twitter.com/PJAzvJEXnP
— michael (@bisping) July 24, 2014
@LukeRockhold actually it was my son , these things matter to a kid. Right, I’ve wasted enough of my time on you today.
— michael (@bisping) July 24, 2014
@bisping if u somehow win I would love to take u down memory lane
— Luke Rockhold (@LukeRockhold) July 24, 2014