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18/01/09 - Exclusive: Bisping ready for Anderson if he wins TUF 9 finale
Mike Bisping is ready for a shot at the middleweight title if he beats Dan Henderson later this year, UFC president Dana White told Fighters Only earlier.
He said that if Bisping overcomes his rival coach at the end of The Ultimate Fighter 9 then “he’s right up in the mix, he will be ready.”
But he also said that a move up to light-heavyweight might be on the cards for current middleweight champion Anderson Silva.
“With the exception of Bisping, he has cleaned out the division,” says White. “The logical step is for him to move up to light-heavyweight.
“One thing I like from boxing is that fighters often move up when they clean out their weight class – although apart from that I generally use boxing as an example of what not to do [with the UFC].”
Asked how he would approach a fight with Anderson Silva should one materialise, Bisping said he already has some ideas in mind.
“I think with Silva you have to rough him up a bit, get in his face and smother his work,” the TUF 3 winner explained.
“I think that is where people have been going wrong, they give him the distance to work with.”
John Joe O’Regan
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