The most questionable fight that has been booked by the UFC so far in 2017 is the middleweight championship clash between Michael Bisping and Georges St-Pierre.A lot of the criticism stems from claims that The Count is unwilling to defend his title against Yoel Romero, who defeated Chris Weidman at UFC 205 for a shot at the gold.

MIDDLEWEIGHT TITLE FIGHT

Not only that, but the UFC continues to be criticised by fans and analysts for their reluctance to give rightful contenders their title fights, and opt for big money fights instead and follow the entertainment path, rather than the sports path.

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There’s no denying what GSP has done for the sport and for the organisation, but it still seems unfair that he was given this chance. However, although it’s been announced, nobody really knows when the fight is actually happening.

Bisping was speaking again on his ‘Believe You Me’ podcast this week, and laid down a massive ultimatum to the former UFC welterweight champion.

He believes that GSP is trying to push for a fight towards the end of the year, and in that case, Bisping will give Romero an opportunity instead.

JULY OR ROMERO

He said: “July 8, Las Vegas, International Fight Week is the date and the event that we are targeting. But Dana wouldn’t confirm the date at the press conference. But then I Saw Dana a couple of weeks later when I was working at FOX and Dana said, ‘Yeah, we’re still hoping for July 8.

“Long story short, it looks like GSP is trying to push for a later date. I heard rumours of that a while ago from Ariel Helwani. I heard that they wanted September/October and that’s what the UFC told me as well.

“But I’m just throwing it out there right now, if he wants to wait until September or October, then he can go find himself another opponent, buddy. Because I call the shots. Without sounding like an a**hole, it’s my belt. I’m the champion and I’m not willing to sit around until September or October.

“This fight was discussed in January. A fight camp only takes eight weeks or six weeks. Fighting in September or October is ridiculous. July 8 is the date. I will be a little bit flexible and maybe go past that a little bit but I want to fight at International Fight Week, July 8.

“So Georges St-Pierre, get it together. Stop doing your f**king gymnastics, stop doing your backflips and whatever it is and let’s do this, buddy. Come on, sign the paperwork. You want it. You sat there at the press conference. You talked big. You sounded confident so sign the God d**n paperwork. It’s as simple as that.”

While the Soldier of God would perhaps be happy at that prospect, he took to Twitter to brand it as ‘fake news’ claiming Bisping will do whatever GSP wants to avoid a fight with the Cuban.

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