The latest addition to the names of fighters that have called out middleweight king Michael Bisping now includes the infamous former champ Anderson Silva. Silva is widely regarded as one of the all-time greatest’s when it comes to the middleweight division by many fans, experts and MMA fighters alike.
Silva who has a formidable record of 33 wins and 7 losses in the MMA and 16 wins and 3 losses in the UFC has in fact already faced Bisping once earlier this year when he (Silva) lost by unanimous decision. Bisping’s record is pretty impressive itself, he has 29 wins and 7 losses in the MMA and 19 wins and 7 losses in the UFC. However, Silva is convinced, despite his loss earlier in the year, that Bisping is no match for him, Silva is now demanding a rematch and the fans would, seemingly, enjoy a rematch too.
So how exactly did Anderson Silva call out Bisping? Well, he took to the one and only Instagram to join the likes of fighters such as Luke Rockhold and Chris Weidman. Rockhold is a fighter who Bisping trumped in the very first round of their clash in UFC 199 which took place earlier this month and Weidman on the other hand was the fighter that was supposed to face Rockhold in a rematch but was forced to pull out which allowed for Bisping’s against the odds triumph against Rockhold.
Bisping’s reactions have always been concurrent with procedures and rules of the MMA itself. He expressed that Weidman should not get to fight him because Weidman could not even beat Rockhold and as far as Rockhold is concerned, Bisping is of the opinion that Rockhold should earn his fight against Bisping by proving he is deserving of it by coming through the right channels and actually earning his title shot like how the MMA prescribes.
How Bisping will react to one of Anderson Silva’s latest Instagram posts where he claims Bisping is afraid to fight him will surely be interesting to see.
Author : Rory McGregor
