Turns out Michael Bisping was all bark and no bite.
The reigning UFC middleweight champion did a whole lot of talking ahead of his UFC 217 face-off with Georges St-Pierre, writing off the 36-year-old French-Canadian as a washed-up has-been. But that all changed in Saturday night’s title fight at Madison Square Garden, where GSP proved why he’s one of the best fighters in history by dispatching Bisping via third-round submission.
He’s back, GSP is the new middleweight Champion! #UFC217 https://t.co/jIxCFutRpL
— Daniel (@MrDaromode) November 5, 2017
GSP’s victory in his first UFC fight in nearly four years gave the MMA legend sole possession of the UFC middleweight belt. What’s more impressive: GSP never had fought in the middleweight class before, as he jumped up a weight class from welterweight to make his highly-anticipated UFC return.
He seemed to get the hang of it pretty fast, though.
ANOTHER HOOK THAT SET IT UP!! #UFC217 @GeorgesStPierre pic.twitter.com/sBwgt08n17
— UFC (@ufc) November 5, 2017
GSP’s resounding victory puts him in some elite company, while the 38-year-old Bisping will go back to the drawing board.
The only fighters in UFC history to hold championships in 2 different weight classes.
Randy Couture
BJ Penn
Conor McGregor
Georges St-Pierre pic.twitter.com/E1Sq5TNjeM— Chamatkar Sandhu (@SandhuMMA) November 5, 2017
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