Michael Bisping Not Willing to Wait Until September For Georges St-Pierre

Michael Bisping spoke with MMAjunkie for a new interview. Some higholights are below:

On when his fight with Georges St-Pierre will happen: “July 8 in Las Vegas, International Fight Week, is the date and the event that we are targeting, but (UFC President) Dana (White) wouldn’t confirm the date at the press conference. But then I saw Dana a couple of weeks later while I was working at FOX and Dana said, ‘Yeah we’re still hoping for July 8.’ Long story short, it looks like ‘GSP’ is trying to push for a later date. I heard rumors of that a while ago from (MMA reporter) Ariel Helwani. I heard that they wanted September (or) October, and that’s what the UFC told me, as well.”

On not being willing to wait that long: “I’m just throwing it out there right now: If he wants to wait until September or October, then he can go find himself another opponent, because I call the shots. Without sounding like an (expletive)hole, it’s my belt. I’m the champion and I’m not willing to sit around until September or October. This fight was discussed in January. A fight camp only takes eight weeks or six weeks. Fighting in September or October is ridiculous. July 8 is the date. I will be a little bit flexible and maybe go past that a little bit, but I want to fight at International Fight Week, July 8. So Georges St-Pierre, get it together. Stop doing your (expletive) gymnastics, stop doing your backflips and whatever it is and let’s do this.”

On who else might be a good opponent: “If (St-Pierre is) not ready, then I guess Yoel Romero gets his title shot. I’m not afraid of Yoel Romero. If ‘GSP’ wants to fight, of course – there’s a great story there. I’m not willing to sit around, and he doesn’t get to call the shots. It’s my belt and I’m not some little (expletive) waiting in the wings for my title shot. I’ve got the belt and I want to fight. I’m in my prime. I don’t want to sit around for a year. If we don’t fight until September or October, that would be a year and I’m not willing to wait a year for Georges St-Pierre.”