Tyron Woodley’s title defence at UFC 214 threw a major spanner in the works. Woodley failed to impress Dana White with his performance against Demian Maia, leading the UFC boss to backflip on his original plan to have the star fight Georges St-Pierre on his long-awaited return to the sport.
White confirmed Bisping, Whittaker’s next proposed target, as the man to fight St-Pierre.
“Yep,” White said when asked if the fight was happening. “Because I know Michael Bisping will fight. Michael Bisping will show up and fight. So yeah, I’m going to give it to him.”
White continued to blast Woodley, claiming fans wouldn’t pay to see the 35-year-old fight again.
“You ask fans if they want to see Woodley fight again,” he said.
“I think that would be flat out ‘no’. Who wants to pay to see Tyron Woodley fight again?
“He is an absolute physical specimen. The guy could have finished that fight at any time he wanted to, but he didn’t want to take the risks.
“You take no risks, you get no rewards.”