As noted, UFC was apparently trying to put together a fight between reigning UFC Middleweight Champion and arguably the best-ever UFC Welterweight Champion in MMA history, Georges St-Pierre for their upcoming UFC 206 event in December.
During the latest episode of his SIRIUS-XM radio show, “The Countdown with Michael Bisping,” the UFC’s top dog at 185-pounds spoke about the negotiations for the GSP fight this week and why “Rush” is still someone he wants to see standing across the Octagon at some point before his career is over.
“In a perfect world, for me, I’d fight Georges St-Pierre in six weeks time. That’s just around the corner and all the other guys are tied up. Georges St-Pierre would be the biggest payday of my career, bar none. So excuse me for trying to get the biggest payday of my career…
“It would end off a perfect year for me. I’ve had the best year of my career and to finish it off with a guy like Georges St-Pierre, another legend, a former champion, a Hall of Famer, a guy who was a pioneer of the sport, an undoubtedly a guy who was pound for pound one of the best in the history of this sport, to beat him and to get my biggest payday, that would end the best year of my career; and my next fight would be against Chris Weidman. In a perfect world, that is what I would like.”
Additionally, “The Count” spoke about his desire to get right back into action and also mentioned how Nick Diaz is another top star in the UFC that he would like to be matched up against when the time does come to sort out when, where and whom he will be fighting in his next Octagon appearance.
“I’m down to fight ASAP because Dana and the UFC put this in my mind, fighting at 206. So now in my mind I want to fight at 206. I was ready to take the rest of the year off and do nothing and enjoy being the champion and have some time with my kids and go away for Thanksgiving. But then this was put in my mind again and now I want to fight in Toronto.
“So yeah, if it’s not gonna be GSP, I don’t mind being on the card against somebody else and Nick Diaz is somebody else that moves the needle… His last fight was against Anderson Silva so he’s fought at 185, and if Nick Diaz wants to do it, I’ll fight Nick Diaz. If anybody wants to do it, I’ll do it.”
Below are a couple of excerpts from the latest edition of “The Countdown with Michael Bisping.”