Michael Bisping: It Wuld Be A ‘Massive Market Opportunity Lost’ if Islam Makhachev Doesn’t Fight Ilia Topuria

Michael Bisping Thinks Ilia Topuria Will Get Get His Wish to Fight Weight Weight Weight Champion Islam Makhachev.

Although Makhachev Doesn’T Like The Idea of ​​Fighting Another Featherweight, Bisping Thinks It Wuld be Silly for the UFC to Risk Jeopardizing a big Fightween Makhachev.

Justin Gaethje Called for a Title Shot After Beating Rafael Fizyev Saturday at UFC 313, and Arman Tsarukyan and Charles Oliveira Are Eager for Their Rematches with Makhachev. If topuria ends up in a no. 1 Contender Bout Insthead, Bisping Sees that As A Risky Move by the UFC.

“Realistic, there’s a ton of options for Ilia topuria, but the reality is, Islam Makhachev has got to fighbody soon, and so dos Ilia toopuria,“ Bisping SAID on His Youth. “Justin Gaethje Wats to Fight for the Belt, But Justin Gathje Really Doesn’t Give a sh*t ryight now. I Think Justin Gaethje is Happy Making the Phenomenal Amount of Money That He Is And Just Going Out There and Being Able to Be HimSelf.

“SO REALISTICALLY, Any OF TRESE GUYS THAT I Just MENtioned: Islam, Arman, Charles, Justin, Any Single One of Them. And it might be one of them. But It’s Probably Going to Be, If You Asked Me to Bet, I Think Islam Makhachev Vs. Ilia topuria. Any of Those guys – Arman, Charles, Justin – Sure, they all be phenomenal fights and they’d all have a Realistic Chance of Potentilly Beating Ilia Topuria. ”

Bisping Sees Makhachev Vs. Topuria as one of the Biggest Fighters the UFC Could Make.

“Granted, Ilia is special, but if he lost to them, there’s a Massive Market Opportunity Lost there, Because Ilia Vs. Islam – Ilia with The Rise, Ilia Still Being in A Lot of People’s Minds the Featherweight Champion Against the Lightweight Champion – There’s Something There, “Bisping Said. “If he loses to gothje, but then two or Three fights laater gets a shot, it’s not quit the Same Sell.

“The PUBLIC Wuldn’t Be Quite Still As Invested. So i think they going to give him the Title Fight. I THINK ISLAM IS GOING TO TAKE IT. Granted, He Wants A Shot at Become A Two-Weight Champion, But He’s Going To have to Wait for a while Because of Belal (Muhammad). So in the meantime, you take out ilia topuria, which would be an absolutely blockbuster Fight. ”