Ricky Hatton Congratulates Michael Bisping On Becoming First British UFC Champion

Former boxing champion Ricky Hatton is one of many members of the fight community to congratulate Michael Bisping on becoming UFC Middleweight Champion on Saturday night.

Hatton, a former British fight champion himself, as he was a multiple-time cha…

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Former boxing champion Ricky Hatton is one of many members of the fight community to congratulate Michael Bisping on becoming UFC Middleweight Champion on Saturday night.

Hatton, a former British fight champion himself, as he was a multiple-time champion for years in boxing, took to Twitter following Bisping’s knockout victory over former UFC 185-pound champion Luke Rockhold in their rematch in the main event of UFC 199 on Saturday night at The Forum in Inglewood, California.

Hatton posted the following:

UFC also congratulated Bisping on becoming the first-ever British champion in UFC history with the following tweet, which promotes an article on the official UFC website: