Hear what Michael Bisping and Luke Rockhold said during volatile staredown
Michael Bisping is undoubtedly one of the best trash talkers in the entire sport of MMA, so when he accepted a short-notice fight against Luke Rockhold at UFC 199, everyone knew it was only a matter of time before things turned volatile.
Bisping and Rockhold clashed on a media conference call a week ago and then went after each other again in a series of nasty exchanges during the UFC 199 pre-fight press conference on Thursday.
After the press conference was finished, Bisping and Rockhold squared off for the first time ahead of their fight on Saturday night with the middleweight title up for grabs.
It didn't take long for Bisping to start blasting Rockhold once they were only a matter of inches apart as UFC president Dana White did his best to separate the two superstars.
BISPING vs ROCKHOLD!!! pic.twitter.com/s1c7auEvfT
— Dana White (@danawhite) June 2, 2016
"I'm going to whoop your (expletive) (expletive) on two weeks notice," Bisping said to Rockhold. "Two weeks (expletive) notice. Step off a couch drinking (expletive) beer, I'm going to smash your (expletive) face in."
Rockhold fired back just as White got in between the two fighters to make sure UFC 199 didn't kick off 48 hours ahead of time.
"I'm going to finish you in the first round so you don't have an excuse," Rockhold said while pointing his finger at Bisping.
As Bisping was pushed backwards to prevent an altercation from erupting on the stage, he fired back at Rockhold one last time.
"Let's do it right now, (expletive)," Bisping shouted.
Bisping and Rockhold will face off one more time on Friday at the official weigh-ins airing live on FS2 at 7 p.m. ET, and if this first staredown was any indication, these two are going for the jugular when they meet eye-to-eye in a matter of hours.
